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04/20/2012
Successful launch for Soyuz-U with THC Progress M-15M
In accordance with the flight program of the International Space Station April 20 at 16.50 Moscow time from Launch Complex 31 area Baikonur launched cargo spacecraft Progress M-15M.
Soyuz-U with THC Progress M-15M launch
After regular office the third stage of the launch vehicle, THC, "Progress M-15M" launched into orbit Sputnik and adopted by the management of the Mission Control Center near Moscow (Korolev).
Docking THC Progress M-15M to the International Space Station is scheduled for 18.40 GMT April 22.
Russian truck will deliver to the ISS fuel, oxygen, equipment for scientific experiments, medical care facilities, as well as containers with food and water, expendables, etc.
Progress-M cargo spacecraft cutaway
The ISS crew continues to work 30/31-y long expedition in the Commander Daniel Burbank (NASA), flight engineers Anton Shkaplerova (Roscosmos), Anatoly Ivanishin (Roscosmos), Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Andre Cowper (ESA) and Donald Pettit (NASA .)
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=18988
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / Roscosmos TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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