Progress Cargo Ship Launches to Station

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Russian Cargo Craft Launches on Expedited Trip to Station

An unpiloted Russian cargo ship carrying nearly three tons of supplies for the Expedition 36 crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:45 p.m. EDT Saturday (2:45 a.m. Sunday Kazakhstan time) on an accelerated, four-orbit journey to rendezvous with the International Space Station. At the time of launch, the station was flying 260 miles over southern Russia near the border between Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

Less than ten minutes later, the ISS Progress 52 resupply ship reached its preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas.

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New Cargo Ship Heads to the ISS

The Russian ISS Progress 52 cargo ship, loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the six Expedition 36 crew members, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 27 EDT for a planned six-hour trip to the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress will spend at least five months linked to the orbital outpost.

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Russian Cargo Craft Docks to Station

An unpiloted Russian cargo ship carrying nearly three tons of supplies for the Expedition 36 crew docked to the International Space Station less than six hours after launch Saturday.

The ISS Progress 52 resupply ship docked with the station’s Pirs docking compartment at 10:26 p.m. EDT, delivering 1,212 pounds of propellant, 42 pounds of oxygen, 62 pounds of air, 926 pounds of water and 3,395 pounds of spare parts, maintenance equipment and experiment hardware. Included in the cargo are tools identified for possible repairs to the U.S. spacesuits on the station. At the time of docking Progress 52 and the station were flying 260 miles over the Pacific Ocean approaching the west coast of South America.

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New Cargo Ship, New Supplies for ISS

The Russian ISS Progress 52 cargo ship, loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 36 crew members, docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at the International Space Station just six hours after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress craft is expected to remain docked to Pirs for at least the next five months.

Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

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