Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-14-2009 10:48 AM
NASA update
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the ISS Progress 35 (M-03M) resupply ship was transported to its launch pad Monday to prepare for launch to the station.
Launch is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:14 p.m. CDT for a docking on Saturday.
The Progress is carrying 1,918 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen and air, 926 pounds of water and 1,750 pounds of spare parts and supplies for the Expedition 21 crew.
Credit: RSC Energia
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-14-2009 10:52 AM
NASA release
NASA TV to Broadcast Cargo Ship Arrival at Space Station
The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies at 8:41 p.m. CDT on Saturday, Oct. 17. NASA Television's coverage of the ship's arrival at the station will begin at 8:15 p.m.
The Russian ISS Progress 35 cargo ship, filled with more than two tons of supplies for the station, is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:14 p.m. There will be no television coverage of the launch.
Expedition 21 Commander Frank De Winne and Flight Engineers Jeff Williams, Nicole Stott, Roman Romanenko, Max Suraev and Bob Thirsk will observe the event from aboard the station as the unpiloted craft automatically docks to the station's Pirs Docking Compartment.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-14-2009 09:10 PM
Progress M-03M launches to space station
A new Progress cargo resupply vehicle launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 8:14 p.m. CDT Wednesday. Less than nine minutes later, the M-03M (35P) spacecraft reached its preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas.
The vehicle replaces the trash-filled Progress 34, which undocked on Sept. 21 and was destroyed on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific on Sept. 27.
Video credit: Roscosmos
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-15-2009 10:16 AM
Credit: Roscosmos
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-17-2009 10:26 PM
Progress M-03M, delivering 2.5 tons of supplies, successfully docked to the International Space Station at 8:40 p.m. CDT.
Credit: NASA TV
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-27-2010 05:18 PM
NASA photo release
The unpiloted ISS Progress M-03M (35P) supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment on April 22, 2010.
Filled with trash and discarded items, the Progress will be used for scientific experiments until it is deorbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
Its departure clears the way for the Progress M-05M (37P) cargo ship that is scheduled to launch to the station April 28.
Credit: NASA
Lewis007 Member
Posts: 102 From: Geldermalsen, the Netherlands Registered: Mar 2010
posted 05-02-2010 01:46 AM
Roscosmos update
The Progress M-03M space cargo vehicle was deorbited on April 27. Progress M03-M deorbiting operations included activation of the braking thrusters at 22:05 Moscow time, following commands from the MCC. The retro-burn lasted 168.6 sec, providing the Progress with a braking thrust of 82.3 meters/sec.
Progress' fragments fell into the Pacific at about 22.50 Moscow time. Fall center geographical coordinates are: 42°51' southern latitude, 141° 26' western longitude (southern area of the Pacific ocean).