lundi 16 octobre 2017

Russian Spacecraft Delivers Station Supplies











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October 16, 2017


Image above: The Russian 68P cargo craft is pictured just meters away from docking to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA TV.

Russian Cargo Craft Completes Journey to International Space Station

Traveling about 252 miles over eastern China, the unpiloted Russian Progress 68 cargo ship docked at 7:04 a.m. EDT to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.


Image above: Oct. 16, 2017: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are parked at the space station including the Progress 67 and 68 resupply ships and the Soyuz MS-05 and MS-06 crew ships. Image Credit: NASA.

For more information about the current crew and the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

Related links:

Expedition 53: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition53/index.html

Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html

International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Images (mentioned), Video (NASA TV), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia.

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