Tag: Progress
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Russia resumes Soyuz-FG rocket, Station flights with Progress MS-10 cargo vehicle
The Russian Progress MS-10 resupply vehicle for the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to return the Soyuz-FG rocket variant to flight and resume Russian launches to the Station on Friday. The Soyuz-FG is the same rocket variant that suffered an in-flight failure during the crewed Soyuz MS-10…
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Russian freighter arrives at International Space Station
The Progress MS-10 supply ship during Sunday’s rendezvous with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two days after launching from the steppe of Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter docked with the International Space Station Sunday. The Progress MS-10 spacecraft lifted off Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-FG rocket…
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Progress resupply craft lifts off from Kazakhstan, heads for space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) after launch. A Soyuz rocket lifts off Friday with the Progress MS-10 supply ship heading to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Progress freighter loaded with nearly three tons of supplies, water and fuel lifted off on top of a Soyuz rocket Friday from…
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Relive the Progress MS-09 freighter’s expedited journey to space station
Russia’s Progress MS-09 cargo craft made a 3-hour, 40-minute trip from a launch pad in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on Monday, setting a record for the quickest journey to the orbiting research laboratory. The achievement could set the stage for less-than-four-hour rendezvous profiles for future station crews riding on Soyuz capsules. Russian engineers…
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Progress MS-09 completes super fast 4-hour rendezvous with Space Station
The long sought attempt at launching a Russian Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station and having it rendezvous with the orbital complex after just two and a half orbits and just under 4 hours in space is being attempted. Roscosmos launched the Progress MS-09 craft at 17:51:33 EDT (2151:33 UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Progress MS-09 completes super fast 4-hour rendezvous with Space Station
The long sought attempt at launching a Russian Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station and having it rendezvous with the orbital complex after just two and a half orbits and just under 4 hours in space is being attempted. Roscosmos launched the Progress MS-09 craft at 17:51:33 EDT (2151:33 UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Progress freighter completes fastest-ever trip to International Space Station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0145 GMT (9:45 p.m. EDT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a booster lifted off at 2151:34 GMT (5:51:34 p.m. EDT) Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TV Roscosmos A Russian Progress resupply and refueling craft launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, riding a Soyuz booster into orbit on a…
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Russian cargo ship to try fast-track rendezvous with space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket and Progress resupply freighter are set for liftoff Monday on an accelerated, less-than-four-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station after last-minute launch scrubs prevented two similar fast-track approach attempts in recent months. The Progress MS-09 cargo craft will blast off on top of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 2151 GMT (5:51 p.m.…
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Photos: Russian cargo freighter blasts off from snow-covered launch pad
A Russian Progress supply ship launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, firing into orbit from a snow-covered pad to haul three tons of fuel, water and equipment to the International Space Station. The Progress MS-08 supply cargo craft lifted off at 0813:33 GMT (3:13:33 a.m. EST; 2:13:33 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday aboard a…
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Progress MS-08 docks with ISS
The Russian Progress resupply ship MS-08 has docked with the International Space Station, two days after launching on a Soyuz 2-1A rocket. Docking was marked at 10:38 UTC. The original launch was to result in docking at the International Space Station (ISS) just 3.5 hours later on Tuesday. However, it was scrubbed with just seconds…