Russia's Progress M-21M resupply craft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday (Nov. 25) at 2:53 p.m. CST (2053 GMT; 2:53 a.m. Kazakh time Nov. 26) two day flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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The Progress, the 53rd Russian unmanned craft to bring supplies to the ISS, will pass within a mile of the station on Wednesday (Nov. 27) to test an upgraded automated rendezvous system, then return for docking Friday (Nov. 29).
The Progress M-21M craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the aft port of the space station's Zvezda service module at 4:28 p.m. CST (2228 GMT) Nov. 29. It is loaded with nearly three tons of food, fuel, supplies and experiments for the six crew members living aboard the orbiting laboratory.