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April 24, 2013
Progress M-19M launch
Carrier rocket Soyuz-U brought transport cargo ship Progress M-19M into orbit, where it is two days to get to the International Space Station (ISS). "There was a cargo ship from the third stage rocket", - stated in the Federal Space Agency.
Launch of the space rocket Soyuz-U with THC Progress M-19M
It is interesting that the "Progress M-19M" will fly to the station is not six o'clock (already flown several ships), but under the old scheme - two days. It is expected that the docking of Progress to the service module Zvezda will happen on Friday, April 26 at 16:26 Moscow time. With the cargo ship to the ISS will be delivered about 2.5 tons of cargo, including fuel to maintain orbit of the station, scientific equipment for the crew, as well as food, water and air for cosmonauts and astronauts.
Progress M-19M schema launch
On the eve of the head of the nutrition department of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Agureev told Interfax that astronauts receive the products they ordered, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables. "It's apples, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, onions. On request, we send to the station sausages with garlic and chili pepper" - listed Agureev.
Start of Progress M-19M was approved on April 24, so as not to interfere with a satellite launch biological "Bion-M", held on April 19.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release (in Russian): http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=20059
Images, Video, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS / ROSCOSMOS TV / G. De Chiara, Mars Center / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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