{"id":11581,"date":"2021-07-02T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/progress-supply-ship-docks-with-space-station\/"},"modified":"2021-07-02T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T10:51:22","slug":"progress-supply-ship-docks-with-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/progress-supply-ship-docks-with-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress supply ship docks with space station"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52528\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52528\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/progms17docking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/progms17docking.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/progms17docking-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/progms17docking-678x405.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/progms17docking-768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russia\u2019s Progress MS-17 supply ship moves in for docking at the International Space Station on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s automated Progress MS-17 cargo ship docked with the International Space Station Thursday, wrapping up a two-day journey from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with nearly 2.7 tons of fuel, food, water, and supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The Progress cargo craft linked up with the space station\u2019s Poisk module at 8:59 p.m. EDT Thursday (0059 GMT Friday).<\/p>\n<p>The unpiloted supply freighter launched from Baikonur at 7:27 p.m. EDT (2327 GMT) Tuesday atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket. Since then, the cargo craft completed a series of orbital maneuvers to match the altitude of the space station, setting up for a radar-guided rendezvous Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft lined up with the approach corridor for the Poisk module and moved in for docking as the space station soared more than 250 miles over the southeast Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The Progress spacecraft\u2019s pressurized compartment is loaded with 3,326 pounds (1,509 kilograms) of dry cargo, including hardware, research investigations, crew supplies, life support equipment, and other provisions, according to Roscosmos, the Russian space agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Progress MS-17 spaceship also delivered deliver 1,036 pounds (470 kilograms) of propellant to refuel the propulsion system on the space station\u2019s Russian segment, Roscosmos said. The freighter\u2019s tanks are filled with 926 pounds (420 kilograms) of water for the crew aboard the space station. There\u2019s also 89 pounds (40.5 kilograms) of air to replenish the atmosphere inside the research complex.<\/p>\n<p>The mission\u2019s total cargo and fuel load comes to 5,377 pounds (2,439 kilograms), according to Roscosmos.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov monitored the Progress spacecraft\u2019s automated rendezvous and docking, ready to take over remote control of the spaceship if necessary. But the Progress craft\u2019s Kurs rendezvous radar and autopilot system performed as expected Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The mission marks the 78th launch&nbsp;of a Progress supply ship to the International Space Station since 2000. The Progress MS-17 spacecraft will remain at the space station until November, when it will depart and head for a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean to dispose of trash.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s Progress MS-17 supply ship moves in for docking at the International Space Station on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV\/Spaceflight Now Russia\u2019s automated Progress MS-17 cargo ship docked with the International Space Station Thursday, wrapping up a two-day journey from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with nearly 2.7 tons of fuel, food, water, and supplies. 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