On Sunday, July 5, the scheduled docking of the transport spacecraft “Progress M28-M” with the ISS. Starting July 3, from the Baikonur “cosmodrome.” It is planned that the truck will approach the station at 10:13. Docking to take place in the automatic mode, but the Russian cosmonauts are ready to hold her hand.
“Progress” will take into orbit two and a half tons of cargo. This scientific equipment and food. The latter will be longer than usual to restock the ISS considerably.
After the current flight was the first after just two failures. Last week, during the launch of an accident with a truck American Dragon, and in April due to a technical problem Roscosmos lost “Progress”.
Regular flights ISS supply all the necessary four “progress” in the year started in August of 2000. For 15 years – over 60 starts, 2 of which failed. The current “Progress” launched a month earlier than planned, so as not to jeopardize the work of the crew on the ISS.
The TV channel “Russia 24″ will be broadcast live on the dock.
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