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[i]"The postponement of the Progress M-10M launch to April 29 from April 27 is being considered so that the cargo spacecraft does not obstruct Space Shuttle Endeavour at the International Space Station. Its docking with the ISS will take place on May 4, after the shuttle has left," [Alexei Krasnov, the chief of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) manned spaceflight department] said... If Endeavour is not launched on April 22, the Progress M-10M will be launched as scheduled, on April 27, and will dock with the ISS on April 29, Krasnov said. "In this case, the next attempt to launch the shuttle will be made on April 29, following the Progress M-10M's docking with the station," he said. The postponement of the cargo spacecraft's launch to April 29 is inconvenient because in this case the reserve launch date will be May 1, when Russia observes a national holiday, Spring and Labor Day, Krasnov said.[/i]
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