vendredi 17 février 2023

Progress Resupply Undocks From Station, Ends Cargo Mission

 






ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch.


Feb 17, 2023

Image above: Feb. 17, 2023: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are parked at the space station including the Cygnus space freighter, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance, and Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 crew ship and the Progress 83 resupply ship. Image Credit: NASA.

The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST on Fri., Feb. 17.

Progress MS-21 undocking and departure

Following undocking, Expedition 68 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin sent commands from the station’s Roscosmos segment to rotate the Progress for additional visual inspections of the general area where a coolant loop leak occurred on Feb. 11. 

Image above: Progress MS-21 (82P) in free flight after undocking from ISS. Image Credits: ROSCOSMOS/NASA TV/Screen capture: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

Loaded with trash, Progress is being deorbited by Roscosmos flight controllers over the Pacific Ocean after spending four months at the station.

Related articles:

Roscosmos Reviews Soyuz, Progress Vehicle; Science and Cargo Ops Keep Crew Busy
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/roscosmos-reviews-soyuz-progress.html

On inspection by the manipulator of the Progress MS-21 cargo ship on the ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-inspection-by-manipulator-of.html

Update on the work of the commission on the situation of the Progress MS-21 spacecraft on the ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/update-on-work-of-commission-on.html

International Space Station Operations Update of Progress 82, Crew Continues Normal Activities
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/international-space-station-operations.html

Sergey Krikalev on the situation with the Progress MS-21 (82P) spacecraft on the ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/sergey-krikalev-on-situation-with.html

ISS - Depressurization in the Progress MS-21 (82P) cargo spacecraft
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/02/iss-depressurization-in-progress-ms-21.html

Related links:

Progress MS-21 (82P): https://go.nasa.gov/3W6T59w

Poisk module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/poisk-mini-research-module-2

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

Image (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/ROSCOSMOS/NASA TV/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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