Softpedia >News >Science >Science Blog
Softpedia Homepage   

Progress 45 Will Launch to the ISS on October 30

The mission follows in the footsteps of a failed launch attempt

Oct 26, 2011 14:41 GMT  ·  By
This is how Russian Progress space capsules look like as they are approaching the ISS
   This is how Russian Progress space capsules look like as they are approaching the ISS

The Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) will launch the Progress M-13M (ISS 45P) unmanned capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 30. The cargo spacecraft will launch, as always, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kaszkhstan.

Liftoff is scheduled to occur at around 5:11 am CDT (4:11 p.m. Baikonur local time, 1011 GMT), a NASA statement announces. The American space agency will provide a live coverage of the event through NASA TV, starting at 5 am CDT (1000 GMT) on Sunday.

According to Russian officials, Progress 45 will reach the station on Wednesday, November 2, delivering about three tons of food, water, propellant for the ISS maneuvering thrusters and personal items for the astronauts aboard.

The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the ISS Pirs Docking Compartment at 6:40 am (1140 GMT) on Wednesday. Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and ISS flight engineers Satoshi Furukawa and Sergei Volkov will monitor the spacecraft's automatic approach.