International Space Station (ISS) Second Russian Docking Attempt…
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Look like Russia has had a lot of fun with this one. The Progress M-06M freighter is a Russian throwaway freighter spacecraft. The spacecraft is an unmanned resupply spacecraft during its flight but upon docking with a space station it allows astronauts inside, hence it is classified manned by the manufacturer. Other words it runs on auto pilot and control from outside sources. It was built from the Soyuz spacecraft, and is launched with the Soyuz rocket. It is currently used to supply the International Space Station, but was originally used to supply Soviet space stations for many years. This craft is the only way to resupply the ISS and since the American Shuttle is grounded it becomes even more of a asset to space. They say the reliability factor has been superber but this time around something messed up…
It seems the first attempt failed to dock the Progress M-06M freighter with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday due to a failure in its automated docking system, a NASA spokesman from America said.
I just heard on the news that the second attempt to dock the Progress M-06M freighter with the International Space Station (ISS) will be tried on July 4. The Russian Space Agency told Rossiya 24 channel.
“The first docking was aborted at the distance of two kilometers from the station. The docking was then delayed until Sunday,” they said. So that experts can make an analysis. The freighter and the ISS “are operational and stay in contact with each other.” they said.
This looks like they must have gotten everything back under control. At one point it was said that the Russian craft was spinning out of control, but Russia never acknowledged that there was ever a problem.
So far according to the news, Russia is positive that all is OK and that the second attempt will be the charm…
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Progress M-06M cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), RIA Novosti correspondent reported from Mission Control on Sunday.
The Space freighter docked to the port of the Russian Zvezda in the automotive mode.
Friday’s docking for the space freighter was aborted due to a loss of telemetry. Flight controllers reported the resupply craft flew past the ISS. The spacecraft was about 2 km from the station when the system received a signal to stop approaching the ISS.
The Progress M-06M was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-U carrier rocket on Wednesday night.
The space freighter carries fuel, oxygen, scientific equipment and video and photo equipment to the ISS, as well as food, water and personal items for the 6-men crew of the orbital station.