Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-29-2014 02:55 AM
Russian cargo craft launches to station
Carrying more than 5,700 pounds (2,585 kilograms) of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, Russia's Progress M-25M cargo craft launched at 2:09 a.m. CDT (0709 GMT; 1:09 p.m. local time) on Wednesday (Oct. 29) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
At the time of the launch, the International Space Station was flying about 261 miles (420 kilometers) over southern Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan.
Less than 10 minutes after liftoff, the ship reached its preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. The Russian cargo craft will make four orbits of Earth during the next six hours before docking to the orbiting laboratory at 8:09 a.m. CDT (1309 GMT).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-29-2014 11:09 AM
Progress M-25M docks to space station
Traveling about 261 miles (420 kilometers) over the Atlantic Ocean, the Progress M-25M Russian cargo ship docked on Wednesday (Oct. 29) at 8:08 a.m. CDT (1308 GMT) to the Pirs docking compartment of the International Space Station.
The craft is delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies, including 1,940 pounds (880 kilograms) of propellant; 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of oxygen; 57 pounds (26 kilograms) of air; 926 pounds (420 kilograms) of water; and 2,822 pounds (1,280 kilograms) of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 41 crew currently living and working in space.
Progress M-25M is scheduled to remain docked to Pirs for the next six months.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-25-2015 01:43 PM
Progress M-25M departs space station
The Russian Progress M-25M cargo spacecraft separated from the International Space Station early Saturday morning (April 25) at 1:41 a.m. CDT (0641 GMT) while the two spacecraft were flying 257 miles above northwestern China.
After its departure, the Progress moved away from the orbiting laboratory to a safe distance where it will remain until commanded to re-enter Earth's atmosphere on Sunday morning. During reentry, the vehicle to burn up over the Pacific Ocean.
The departure clears the Pirs docking port for the arrival of Progress M-27M, which is set to launch to the space station at 2:09 a.m. CDT on Tuesday (April 28) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.