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Progress M-61 launch - August 2 by anik on 13 May, 2007 19:13
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The launch of Progress M-61 cargo ship is currently scheduled on August 6th...
According to this report (in Russian), Progress M-61 is already manufactured and will arrive to Baikonur cosmodrome in June...
Photos of testing of this cargo ship at RSC Energia on March 21, 2007:
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6752.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6754c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6755c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6757c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6763c.jpg -
#1 by anik on 15 Jun, 2007 13:51
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Rumour: Russian specialists are discussing the possibility of the moving of Progress M-61 launch date from August 6 to July 22 for the delivery of spare parts for failed control computers of ISS Russian segment...
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#2 by anik on 15 Jun, 2007 14:58
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anik - 15/6/2007 5:51 PM
Rumour: Russian specialists are discussing the possibility of the moving of Progress M-61 launch date from August 6 to July 22 for the delivery of spare parts for failed control computers of ISS Russian segment...
And it is official now, but with July 23 launch date, according to RSC Energia president Nikolay Sevastyanov via http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20070615/67293325.html (in Russian)... -
#3 by Nicolas PILLET on 16 Jun, 2007 10:55
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Photos of testing of this cargo ship at RSC Energia on March 21, 2007:
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6752.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6754c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6755c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6757c.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/img_6763c.jpg
Wooohhh!!! These pictures are exceptionnal!!! Where did you get them?? -
#4 by Nicolas PILLET on 16 Jun, 2007 15:48
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Very great pictures!!!
On the 360° panoramas, a space station module is visible... Do you know which is it? -
#5 by MKremer on 16 Jun, 2007 16:15
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Looks like Zvezda.
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#6 by Danderman on 16 Jun, 2007 16:32
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The module is the electromechanical test article for Zvezda. These photos of the Energia KiS room are very good. You can see a group of Block DM upper stages behind the Buran electromechanical test article, as well.
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#7 by anik on 18 Jun, 2007 15:51
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Progress M-61 launch is currently scheduled at 21:57 UTC on July 22nd...
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#8 by anik on 19 Jun, 2007 17:40
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According to http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153418314 (in Russian), Progress M-61 cargo ship was delivered to Baikonur cosmodrome on June 13th...
Quote from http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html
"Preparations of the rocket space complex and the ground space infrastructure are now under way assuming the July 23, 2007 launch date for the Progress M-61 logistics spacecraft. This spacecraft is to deliver a set of new on-board computers for a possible replacement of those computers, which developed glitches"
According to http://www.spacenews.ru/spacenews/live/full_news.asp?id=20828 (in Russian), the unloading of stages of Soyuz-U rocket from carriage was begun on cosmodrome yesterday... -
#9 by Danderman on 19 Jun, 2007 18:17
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anik - 18/6/2007 8:51 AM Progress M-61 launch is currently scheduled at 21:57 UTC on July 22nd...
I believe this is 00:57 MST and 03:57 Baikonur time on the 23rd of July.
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#10 by anik on 22 Jun, 2007 13:33
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June 20, 2007. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region - Baikonur launch site
http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html
"Specialists from S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, and other companies and organizations in the Russian space industry continue their activities at Baikonur to prepare Progress M-61 logistics spacecraft for its launch under the International Space Station (ISS) program.
The preparations are being conducted under the supervision of RSC Energia President and Designer General, the technical manager for flight tests of the manned space systems N.N. Sevastiyanov in accordance with the schedule which calls for the launch of the spacecraft on July 23, 2007. The list of cargoes to be delivered by this spacecraft to ISS is being updated. A new set of onboard computers for the Russian Segment of the space station is being prepared for shipment" -
#11 by anik on 02 Jul, 2007 15:25
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According to the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency, Progress M-61 launch is postponed from July 22 to August 2...
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#12 by anik on 03 Jul, 2007 13:44
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The launch is currently planned at 17:38:40 UTC on August 2nd...
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#13 by anik on 03 Jul, 2007 15:36
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July 3, 2007. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region – Baikonur launch site, Kazakhstan
http://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2007/news_07-03.html
"Preparations are continuing at the Baikonur launch site for the launch of Progress M-61 logistics spacecraft, which is currently scheduled for launch on August 2, 2007.
Earlier, the launch of the spacecraft was moved from August 6 to July 23 to accommodate a prompt delivery of replacement computers to ISS.
Testing and isolation of faults that on June 11-12, 2007, caused glitches in the on-board computers on the Russian Segment of the International Space Station, and the follow-up detailed analysis revealed the need to deliver to ISS some additional hardware. The hardware is intended for restoring the normal operation of the computers and precluding interfacing systems from affecting their operation. Since some additional time was required for its development, manufacturing and testing, including tests in the integrated simulator of the Service Module Zvezda at the RSC Energia plant, S.P. Korolev RSC Energia managers and engineers suggested a new date for the launch.
Moving the launch of the logistics spacecraft to this date will also allow to meet earlier commitments with respect to the Japanese space agency to deliver to the space station the equipment needed to perform work under the Japanese program of space experiments.
Today, after having passed a cycle of electrical tests on the on-board systems, Progress M-61 is now under testing in the vacuum chamber" -
#14 by TJL on 03 Jul, 2007 20:57
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Is that the closest that we've had Progress and Shuttle launches?
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#15 by anik on 09 Jul, 2007 13:50
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anik - 3/7/2007 5:44 PM
The launch is currently planned at 17:38:40 UTC on August 2nd...
The launch time is 17:33:42 UTC now... -
#16 by anik on 10 Jul, 2007 14:49
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July 9, 2007 - Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region - Baikonur launch site, Kazakhstan
http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html
"The S.P. Korolev RSC Energia’s proposed date for the launch of Progress M-61 logistics spacecraft to the International Space Station was agreed to by the RF Federal Space Agency.
The spacecraft processing at the Baikonur launch site continues. Scheduled electrical power-up tests on the spacecraft systems and integrated tests have been completed. Anechoic and vacuum chamber tests have been carried out. Final operation to prepare the spacecraft for fuelling and placing deliverable hardware and cargoes on board are under way.
The launch of the spacecraft is scheduled for August 2, 2007 at 21:32 Moscow Time [the current exact launch time is in my previous post - anik]" -
#17 by anik on 17 Jul, 2007 15:18
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According to http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153420763 (in Russian), the assembly of the second stage of Soyuz-U rocket was begun today... Also pneumatic and electrical tests of blocks of the first stage are performing now...
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#18 by anik on 20 Jul, 2007 20:19
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Information from http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153421053 (in Russian):
Progress M-61 will be transported to the site 31 for fuelling his tanks by propellants and compressed gases on July 23rd...
The assembly of the second stage of Soyuz-U rocket is continuing...
Since July 17th tests of equipment of the launch pad 1/5 is performing... -
#19 by anik on 24 Jul, 2007 17:05
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From http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html
July 23, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
"The Technical Management meeting took place, which made a decision to fuel Progress M-61 cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases"
July 24, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
"Preparation of the Progress M-61 cargo vehicle for launch to the International Space Station is in good progress. Fueling of its propulsion system with propellants and compressed gases is under way" -
#20 by anik on 25 Jul, 2007 15:17
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July 25, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-25.html (with photos!)
"Progress M-61 cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations"
According to http://www.ln.mid.ru/ns-dvbr.nsf/a84cf38ed768735943256ccc003bcff1/7cfececef4a56a35c32573160020e6a6?OpenDocument (in Russian), the launch is currently scheduled at 17:33:46 UTC on August 2nd...
Roskosmos website informs that the poster with a portrait of the founder of the theory of cosmonautics - scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskiy (150th anniversary from the date of his birth will be on September 5th) - was pasted today onto the fairing of Soyuz-U rocket...
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#21 by anik on 26 Jul, 2007 14:46
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July 26, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-26.html (with images!)
"Progress M-61 transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility" -
#22 by anik on 27 Jul, 2007 12:58
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July 27, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-27.html (with images!)
"Designers inspection of the Progress M-61 cargo vehicle was completed. Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed"
Also see many photos on http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2342 -
#23 by anik on 30 Jul, 2007 16:51
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July 29, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-29.html (with images!)
"Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-61 spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV"
July 30, 2007 - Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-30-1.html (with photos!)
"The orbital module was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility"
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-30-2.html
"Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened. On July 31, 2007 a decision is made to roll out Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-61 transport vehicle to the launch pad" -
#24 by jacqmans on 31 Jul, 2007 14:42
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http://www.energia.ru/rus/iss/iss16/progress-m-61/photo_07-31.html
31.07.2007 spaceport Baikonur, the branch OF RKK "energy" im. S.P. Korolev 5 it is hour 00 minutes is Moscow time realized the removal of rocket-space complex "Soyuz" from the assembly and testing housing to the launch pad. Carrier rocket to "Soyuz" with the spacecraft "progress M-61" is established on the launching site. Work according to the program of the first starting day began.
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#25 by anik on 01 Aug, 2007 13:32
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The launch is currently planned at 17:33:48 UTC tomorrow...
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#26 by SpaceNutz SA on 02 Aug, 2007 12:28
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5 hours to go.......any new pics from Khazakstan? Will there be live coverage?
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#27 by Chris Bergin on 02 Aug, 2007 13:24
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SpaceNutz SA - 2/8/2007 1:28 PM
Will there be live coverage?
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#28 by anik on 02 Aug, 2007 13:31
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SpaceNutz SA - 2/8/2007 4:28 PM
any new pics from Khazakstan?
Today's photos are on http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2353
Today at 05:00 UTC specialists have begun the final preparation for the launch... The decision about fuelling of Soyuz-U rocket by propellants will be accepted by the State commission at 13:30 UTC...QuoteSpaceNutz SA - 2/8/2007 4:28 PM
Will there be live coverage?
No, as always... -
#29 by anik on 02 Aug, 2007 17:35
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Soyuz-U rocket is launched on-time!...
The exact launch time was 17:33:47.843 UTC... -
#30 by Chris Bergin on 02 Aug, 2007 17:38
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Good news!
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#31 by anik on 02 Aug, 2007 17:43
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Progress M-61 cargo ship is on orbit now!...
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#32 by CommanderAce on 02 Aug, 2007 18:00
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You can track it now!
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#33 by sammie on 03 Aug, 2007 00:40
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I know it has been said before, but the clockwork performance of Progress resupplyships hardly causes a surprise or a headline in the news. But its performance has been consitant, one of the things that the space industry need
PS: any spelling mistakes are booze induced. -
#34 by SpaceNutz SA on 03 Aug, 2007 07:11
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Do we have a scheduled docking time with ISS?
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#35 by Nicolas PILLET on 03 Aug, 2007 08:10
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Docking is scheduled on 5th august at 18h40 GMT.
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#36 by jacqmans on 03 Aug, 2007 08:42
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#37 by JJ.. on 05 Aug, 2007 17:26
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is this the place for docking coverage ?
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#38 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:03
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Don't know, but NASA TV coverage has started...
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#39 by JJ.. on 05 Aug, 2007 18:06
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coverage starting,
docking within 35 mins..
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#40 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:10
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Interesting update from PAO Rob Navias about the Russian computers...hadn't heard about the corrosion issues reported.
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#41 by SpaceNutz SA on 05 Aug, 2007 18:11
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#42 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:13
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'Right on track, right on the money'. Progress 26 conducting fly-around.
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#43 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:16
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Good view of Progress 25, along with a diagram of all the docked Progress' and Soyuz.
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#44 by SpaceNutz SA on 05 Aug, 2007 18:18
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Progress 26 approaching ISS
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#45 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:20
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About 205 meters away, good shot from Pirs docking compartment.
Docking expected 18 and a half minutes from now.
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#46 by SpaceNutz SA on 05 Aug, 2007 18:31
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Great shots of Progress approach over Med sea.
Thruster firing.
Into orbital sunset.
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#47 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:32
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Out of range for ISS TDRS, awaiting AOS through Russian satellite.
Final approach re-initiated. Closing in at seven tenths of a foot per second.
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#48 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:36
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AOS of Progress 26 cameras over Russian Satellites.
View of Pirs docking port via Progress 26.
EDIT: 50 meters until docking.
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#49 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:36
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Range inside of 50 meters.
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#50 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:37
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Kurs antenna now fully retracted. Range 40 meters or so.
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#51 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:38
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Sunset. Range 25 meters, range rate 0.1 meters per second.
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#52 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:39
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25 meters. Closing rate: one tenth of a meter per second.
ORBIT NIGHT.
Edit: psloss got me.
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#53 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:39
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Range 15 meters.
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#54 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:40
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Contact confirmed. And capture.
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#55 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:41
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Picture went "unstable" just before contact and capture...
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#56 by SpaceNutz SA on 05 Aug, 2007 18:41
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DOCKING CONFIRMED!
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#57 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:41
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Probe retraction underway.
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#58 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:41
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Docking and capture confirmed.
Bad signal, bad picture.
Picture 2: Current configuration of the ISS, with the Russian vehicles docked.
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#59 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:43
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Quick live shot of the STS-118 shuttle on the pad...
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#60 by Ford Mustang on 05 Aug, 2007 18:46
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Back with the ISS.
Soon to be working on leak checks, for hatch opening later. Around an orbit or so away.
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#61 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:48
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Hooks now being driven...
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#62 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:50
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Report now that the hooks are closed.
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#63 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:54
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Rob Navias now reporting that the hooks and latches are closed.
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#64 by psloss on 05 Aug, 2007 18:55
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Rob Navias now signing off coverage with upcoming NASA TV schedule...
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#65 by avitek on 05 Aug, 2007 19:31
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TsUP-M in Korolyov annouced exact time of docking: 18:40:25 UTC.
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#66 by John44 on 05 Aug, 2007 20:17
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Video - Docking Progress 26/M-61
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2649&Itemid=2 -
#67 by jacqmans on 25 Dec, 2007 13:24
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24.12.2007 "progress M-61" works for the science
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2705
on 22 December, 2007, 06 hours 59 minutes 52 seconds Moscow time automatic cargo ship "progress M-61" was unjointed from the international space station , after freeing stern moorage on the official module "star".
"progress M-61" was injected into orbit on 2 August, 2007. It delivered to the station more than two and one-half of the tons of different equipment, it was cargo and expendable materiallov. In the course of the joint flight with the station with the aid of the engines of this space truck it was executed two corrections of its orbit.
In the autonomous flight of ship "progress M-61" are planned the studies by the ground environment of the observation of the reflective characteristics of the plasma environment of automatic spacecraft with the work of its jet engines (experiment "Plasma- progress").
The producer of experiment - TSNII - CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE are machine building (g. Korolev Moscow region).
On 18 January ship "progress M-61" will be brought from the orbit and will end its existence above the water area of the southern part of Pacific Ocean far from the navigable ways.
