Here’s a favorite post of ours from the past: The ISS Progress 53 resupply vehicle, which launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, conducted a “flyby” of the International Space Station Wednesday afternoon to test upgraded Kurs automated rendezvous equipment. The Progress flew to within a mile of the complex, providing Russian flight controllers with valuable data on the revamped Kurs system that will be integrated into advanced Progress and piloted Soyuz vehicles in the future. During the “flyby,” Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov monitored the Kurs data from a laptop computer aboard the complex. After passing the station, the Progress will fly above and behind the outpost over the next 48 hours, setting it up for a final rendezvous and docking to the aft port of the Zvezda service module Friday at 5:28 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the docking beginning at 4:45 p.m. Progress 53 is loaded with 2.9 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station crew, including 1,763 pounds of propellant, 48 pounds of oxygen, 57 pounds of air, 925 pounds of water and 3,119 pounds of spare parts, experiment hardware and holiday gifts. Read more: nasa.gov/content/russian-cargo-craft-approaches-station-for-test/ #ThrowbackThursday powered by https://sumall/facebook
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:00:01 +0000
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