Progress 47 Undocks from Station; Cargo Vehicle Activities, Science for Crew
31 Jul 2012, 03:23 UTC
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The ISS Progress 47 resupply vehicle, loaded with trash, undocked from the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment for the final time Monday at 5:19 p.m. EDT. At a safe distance away from the station, it will undergo several weeks of unrelated engineering tests before it is deorbited for a fiery demise in the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The cargo ship undocked on July 22, then re-docked Saturday at 9:01 p.m. in a test of the new Kurs-NA automated rendezvous syst [...]
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