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[b]Next docking opportunity to come Sunday[/b] Roscosmos and NASA space station program managers will meet the morning of Saturday, July 3, to assess the next docking opportunity, preliminarily identified as approximately 11:17 a.m. CDT on Sunday, July 4. If approved, Sunday's attempt is expected to again use the Kurs automated docking system that failed on Friday. Should the Progress experience the same telemetry problems, Russia's Mission Control could choose to remotely fly the spacecraft near enough -- within approximately six-tenths of a mile -- to the International Space Station for Expedition 24 commander Alexander Skvortsov to then use the back-up TORU manual system. Progress M-06M will conduct two engine firings tonight and another tomorrow to be in position for the potential docking on Sunday.
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