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PROGRESS-06

Posted 04-06-2009 at 12:16 PM by Matte (Per Aspera ad Astra)
Updated 05-23-2009 at 12:07 PM by Matte

<<Progress-06 , 15 September 2010 , 21:46:28 UT>>
Progress-06 lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome this evening for the 6th resupply mission to CSS.
It will deliver supplies in preparation for arrival of Discovery's STS-27 mission in late October, and fuel for CSS and for the upcoming MPLM Raffaello's reserve tanks.

<<Progress-06 , 17 September 2010 , 06:08:50 UT>>
Progress-06 is safely docked to Zvezda aft hatch.
In the next few months...
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Expedition 5 aboard Soyuz-06

Posted 04-03-2009 at 07:26 PM by Matte (Per Aspera ad Astra)
Updated 04-04-2009 at 01:10 PM by Matte

<<Soyuz-06 , 10 August 2010>>
The Soyuz vector is raised in the vertical position 24 hours before liftoff.
Expedition 5 commander Virdis and cosmonaut Gregorij will join Exp.4 aboard CSS and will soon take command of the station.



<<Soyuz-06 , 11 August 2010 , 05:53:53 UT>>
Soyuz-06 with Exped.5 lifted off this morning to reach CSS in about...
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STS-26 with P6 and ARM-2

Posted 04-01-2009 at 11:24 PM by Matte (Per Aspera ad Astra)
Updated 04-03-2009 at 03:49 PM by Matte

<<STS-26 , 01 Aug 2010 , T -00h:09m:00s>>
STS-26 is now sitting on pad 9 minutes bifore launch.
Liftoff will occur at 10:38:08 UT.

It is the riturn at flight of Endeavour Space Shuttle after the landing accident that damaged the orbiter at the end of STS-20 mission, more than 12 month ago.

Endeavour will deliver the second set of port solar arrays to the station, plus a new long arm that will be used for truss assembly and will be brought back on...
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Soyuz-04 returns back

Posted 04-01-2009 at 11:02 PM by Matte (Per Aspera ad Astra)

<<Soyuz-04 , 13 July 2010>>
Soyuz-04 brought Expedition 3 crew on the ground 600 km east of Baikonur.
Cosmonaut Ilushin and miss.spec.Sharon left comm. Finch and comm. Yegorov on the Station; they'll come back to Earth as Expedition 4 crew with Soyuz-05 as soon as Soyuz-06 with Expedition 5 arrives in mid-september.

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New Crew Transportation program started

Posted 03-31-2009 at 04:15 PM by Matte (Per Aspera ad Astra)

A new Crew Transportation Vehicle will soon replace the Soyuz for european orbital journeys to and from the Celestia Space Station.

Maiden manned flight is scheduled for 2010 fall.

The first operational flight to the station is scheduled for mid 2011 to relieve Expedition 8 resident crew (Soyuz-09).

Similar in shape to the vintage Apollo capsule, will be able to carry 4 to 6 crew members in LEO and deliver up to 1000 kg of fuel.

Progress program...
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