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Moscow (XNA) Apr 23, 2010 A Russian cargo spaceship undocked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and started a five-day autonomous flight, said the Mission Control Center outside Moscow. The Russian space freighter Progress M-03M loaded with refuse collected aboard the ISS undocked with the Pirs docking module at around 08:29 p.m. Moscow time (1629 GMT), said Valery Lyndin, spokesman for the Mission Control Center. The whole process took approximately three minutes, he added. During the next five days of autonomous flight, Progress M-03M would serve as a research laboratory to conduct a series of experiments, before plunging into the southern Pacific Ocean on April 27. Progress M-03M as the third Russian advanced spacecraft equipped with a modern digital control system, blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last Oct. 15, delivering some 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, equipment and personal stuffs for astronauts. After its departure, three other spacecraft, including Soyuz TMA-17, Soyuz TMA-18 and Progress M-04M remained docked with the ISS.
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Celebrating The ISS And Preparing For The FutureParis, France (ESA) Apr 16, 2010 Now that the International Space Station is fully operational, the programme partners will gather in Berlin on 19-21 April to discuss the successes and potential of this unique international cooperation. The International Space Station (ISS) is now almost complete and capable of housing a crew of six astronauts. At times, more than 12 people can work aboard. One of the most ambitious ... read more |
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