posted 04-27-2011 09:31 AM               

Progress M-10M launched to the station

Russia's Progress M-10M (P42) resupply craft launched Wednesday to replenish the International Space Station. Lifting off at 8:05 a.m. CDT (7:05 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the unmanned craft will dock to the Pirs docking compartment Friday at 9:29 a.m.

M-10M replaces Progress M-09M, which undocked last week and was deorbited Tuesday morning after engineering tests.

The new Progress is loaded with 1,940 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen and air, 926 pounds of water and 2,976 pounds of maintenance hardware, experiment equipment and resupply items.

posted 04-29-2011 02:46 PM               

Progress M-10M docks to the station

Progress M-10M docked to the International Space Station's (ISS) Pirs docking compartment at 9:28 a.m. CDT on Friday, April 29.

posted 10-29-2011 11:25 AM               

Progress M-10M departs space station, deorbits

The Progress M-10M (42P) ISS resupply ship, loaded with trash and discarded items, undocked from the Pirs docking compartment at 4:04 a.m. CDT Oct. 29, 2011.

After backing away from the International Space Station (ISS), the retro-fire command was given at 7:11 a.m. Progress re-entered the atmosphere at 8:00 a.m. and burned up above the pre-set area of the South Pacific.

Above: Progress M-10M reentry as viewed from the International Space Station. "Enjoy this picture I took from space of the Progress cargo ship burning up after undock on Saturday," ISS Expedition 29 commander Mike Fossum wrote on Twitter.