ISS - Expedition 26 Mission patch.
31.01.2011
In Sunday’s report in his blog in Roscosmos web, Russian cosmonaut of the International Space Station Dmitry Kondratiev tells about the operations held by the crew last week. Dmitry admits that the week was rather hard due to many operations with cargo vehicles.
Progress M-09M successfully docked to the ISS
Arrival of Japanese HTV
Japanese HTV
Japanese HTV
Russian crew observed arrival and berthing of Japanese HTV
Japanese HTV seen by ISS Cupola view
HTV
Canadarm2 captures Japan's Kounotori2 spaceship
Canadarm2 captures Japan's Kounotori2 spaceship
Canadarm2 captures Japan's Kounotori2 spaceship
HTV interior
Cady Coleman shows the food received
Paolo Nespoli, Dmitri Kondratyev inside the HTV
Progress-M-09M docking at ISS
To remind, Progress M-08M departed from the station on Monday. On Thursday, Russian crew observed arrival and berthing of Japanese HTV. Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-09M successfully docked to the station on Sunday.
«Russian vehicles Progress are distinguished by a manual docking system which can be switched on in case of failed automatic docking sequence… This redundancy enhances reliability of the system. Neither ATV, nor HTV have similar capability”, Dmitry writes in his blog, adding that now the ISS crew is busy with unloading the cargo delivered by HTV and Progress M-09M.
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Dmitry Kondratiev / Roscosmos PAO.
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