posted 04-27-2010 05:23 PM               

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.

Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-05M (37P) transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.

Credit: RSC Energia

Credit: Roscosmos

posted 04-27-2010 05:24 PM               

NASA To Broadcast Arrival Of Space Station Cargo Ship

The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies on Saturday, May 1, and NASA Television will broadcast the arrival live.

ISS Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko, T.J. Creamer, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Soichi Noguchi will watch as the unpiloted Russian ISS Progress M-05M (37P) craft autonomously docks to the Pirs docking compartment at 1:34 p.m. CDT. NASA TV coverage of the Progress arrival will begin at 1 p.m. with commentary.

The cargo ship is carrying more than 2.5 tons of supplies for the six crew members. It will be launched at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. There will be no NASA TV coverage of the launch.

posted 04-28-2010 09:53 PM               

Progress M-05M Begins its Mission to the ISS

Soyuz-U blasted off from Baikonur today at 21.15.10 MSK (11:15 a.m. CDT) to place Progress M-05M cargo supply space ship into orbit.

The Progress is to deliver about 2.5t of cargo to the International Space Station. Progress M-05M is due to dock to the station on May 1, at 22.34 (1:34 p.m. CDT).

Credit: Roscosmos

Progress M-05M Cargo Supplies

Progress M-05M cargo supplies to be delivered to the ISS include:

• Prop in the propulsion system tanks 870kg
  
• Gas in the oxygen supply system containers - oxygen: 50kg
  
• Water in the Rodnik system tanks: 100kg

• The items in the cargo compartment: 1318kg

  Equipment for the systems:
  

• gas supply system: 33kg
  
• water supply system: 73kg
  
• on-board hardware control system: 5kg
  
• Telemetry data system (BITS2-12): 2kg
  
• Thermal control system: 6kg
  
• Telephone and telegraph system: 2kg
  
• Onboard computer system: 3kg
  
• Maintenance and repair equipment: 5kg
  
• Sanitary and hygienic items: 71kg
  
• Food containers, fresh products: 325kg
  
• Medical equipment, linen, personal hygienic and prophylactics items: 155kg
  
• On-board documentation files, crew provisions, video- and photo-equipment: 35kg
  
• Equipment for Russian crew members: 42kg
  
• Stored items: (kit 9) 5kg
  
• FGB-hardware: 64kg
  
• MRM2-hardware: 53kg
  
• USOS hardware: 420kg

Total mass of the cargo delivered: 2588kg

Credit: Energia

posted 05-01-2010 02:34 PM               

Progress M-05M docks to the station under crew control

The 37th Russian-built Progress unmanned spacecraft to dock to the International Space Station was manually berthed to the Pirs docking compartment at 1:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, May 1, after its autonomous docking system failed.

Credit: NASA TV

Progress M-05M brings to the orbiting complex 2.6 tons of food, fuel, oxygen, propellant and supplies for the Expedition 23 crew.

Due to the failure of the Kurs automated rendezvous system late in the spacecraft's approach, station commander Oleg Kotov manually flew the cargo vehicle to its docking as the two craft flew 220 miles over southern Russia near the Kazakh border. The Kurs shut down and defaulted to the TORU system after the craft failed to recognize its attitude orientation following one of its thruster firings to fine-tune its path to the station.

After conducting leak checks at the docking interface and opening the hatch to the resupply vehicle, the Expedition 23 crew will begin the long process of inventorying and unloading the craft's cargo. Once emptied, the Progress will be filled with trash and deorbited like its predecessors.

Progress M-05M (37P) launched at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday (11:15 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It replaces Progress M-03M (35P), which undocked from Pirs on April 22 and sent to its fiery demise over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.

The newest supply ship joins three other Russian vehicles docked at the station, including two Soyuz and Progress M-04M (36P), which is scheduled to undock on May 10.

posted 10-25-2010 03:57 PM               

Progress M-05M undocks from station

The ISS Progress 37 [M-05M] cargo craft successfully undocked from the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment Monday at 10:25 a.m. EDT. The Progress will spend three weeks orbiting a safe distance from the station to enable Russian engineers to conduct technology experiments before being deorbited Nov. 15.

The undocking of Progress 37 sets the stage for the launch of the ISS Progress 40 [M-08M] cargo ship Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The new Progress is loaded with 1,918 pounds of propellant, 1,100 pounds of oxygen, 498 pounds of water and 2,804 pounds of food, spare parts and supplies for the Expedition 25 crew. It will dock to the station's Pirs docking compartment Saturday.

posted 11-15-2010 10:34 AM               

Progress M-05M deorbited

The Progress M-05M resupply spacecraft's autonomous mission was completed on Nov. 15, Roscosmos reported on its website.

In line with the program uploaded by Russia's Mission Control Center, a retroburn was initiated at 11:50 a.m. Moscow time. The main engine operated for 186.2 seconds, providing a braking burn of 89.7 meters per second (about 200 miles per hour) to the vehicle.

The remaining parts of the Progress not burnt during its reentry into the atmosphere fell down in the south area of the Pacific Ocean at about 12:35 p.m. Coordinates of the splash-down center are: 47°57' s.l., 220°44' w.l.