January 25, 2019

Progress MS-09 leaves ISS

January 25, 2019/ Derek Richardson

Progress MS-09 departed from the International Space Station after spending spending more than six months at the outpost. The cargo freighter autonomously undocked from the Pirs docking compartment at 12:55 UTC Jan. 25, 2019.

July 10, 2018

Progress MS-09 spacecraft reaches ISS in record time

July 10, 2018/ Derek Richardson

Russia’s Progress MS-09 freighter launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked with the International Space Station in less than four hours—a mere 2.5 laps around Earth.

Liftoff from Site 31 at the Cosmodrome took place at 5:51 p.m. EDT (21:51 GMT) July 9, 2018. Once in orbit, the spacecraft began a series of automated burns to catch up with and dock to the station’s Pirs docking compartment. Docking took place at 9:31 p.m. EDT (00:31 GMT July 10).

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