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12/02/2013
The Russian Progress 50 cargo vehicle docks to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment. Credit: NASA TV.
February 12 at 00:35 MSK carried out docking cargo vehicle (THC) Progress M-18M from the International Space Station (ISS).
Station Cargo Craft Docks Six Hours After Launch
Video above: The unpiloted ISS Progress 50 cargo craft docked to the International Space Station at 3:35 p.m. EST Monday, less than six hours after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
THC Progress M-18M docked to the docking bay (CO) Pirs. Convergence process was carried out in automatic mode under the control of specialists Mission Control Center TsNIImash FSUE Russian and ISS crewmembers cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, Eugene Tarelkin and Roman Romanenko.
Ship to the ISS cargo needed to keep the ISS in manned mode and a program of scientific and applied research on board. The total weight of all goods delivered to the ISS more than 2.5 tonnes.
Artist's view of the International Space Station (ISS)
The ISS crew continues 34/35-y long expedition consisting of commander Kevin Ford (NASA), the flight engineer Oleg Novitsky, Eugene Tarelkin and Roman Romanenko (Roscosmos), Chris Hadfield (Canadian Space Agency) and Thomas Mashberna (NASA).
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19888
For more information about the International Space Station (ISS), visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ROSCOSMOS / NASA TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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