Seems like yesterday, time is flying... Incidentally it has 111 missions o its back, in Germany called a "Schnapszahl", a nice "Vodka Number" then, calling for celebration... . Happy Birthday, Progress! R.
SOURCE: Russia Today
DATE: JAN 20, 2008
Russian space ‘work horse’ turns 30
It’s been thirty years since the Soviet Union celebrated the launch into space of the first Progress spacecraft. The cargo rocket has performed over 100 missions, and is still used today to take fuel and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Since 1978, there have been 111 launches of different versions of the Progress spacecraft and all were incident-free.
The design of the Progress was based on the Soyuz spacecraft, which took Soviet cosmonauts into orbit. But the Soyuz model could no longer accommodate all the supplies and people needed for longer missions, so detrimental to space research.
Its current dry cargo capacity is 1,800 kilogrammes.
The 112th mission of ‘Progress-63M’ is scheduled for February, 5.
SOURCE: Russia Today
DATE: JAN 20, 2008
Russian space ‘work horse’ turns 30
It’s been thirty years since the Soviet Union celebrated the launch into space of the first Progress spacecraft. The cargo rocket has performed over 100 missions, and is still used today to take fuel and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Since 1978, there have been 111 launches of different versions of the Progress spacecraft and all were incident-free.
The design of the Progress was based on the Soyuz spacecraft, which took Soviet cosmonauts into orbit. But the Soyuz model could no longer accommodate all the supplies and people needed for longer missions, so detrimental to space research.
Its current dry cargo capacity is 1,800 kilogrammes.
The 112th mission of ‘Progress-63M’ is scheduled for February, 5.
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