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New Russian Space Freighter Docks With World Orbital Station
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 01, 2008 A cargo spacecraft equipped with a new on-board digital control system has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Mission Control said on Sunday. The new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on November 26. The spacecraft docked with the ISS in the nominal regime in the manual mode, Mission Control said. The new space freighter has delivered 2.5 tons of cargo to the orbital station, including food and water supplies for the current crew, as well as fuel and scientific equipment. Mission Control earlier said the flight of the first cargo spacecraft in the new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series would take four days to check the proper operation of all on-board systems. Mission Control also said it would conduct checks to make sure the digital equipment responds promptly to commands. If there are no performance problems, it will switch to a regular two-day pattern of operation.
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Endeavour astronauts finish fourth and last spacewalk
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Two US astronauts Monday finished the fourth and last spacewalk of the shuttle Endeavour's mission at the International Space Station, completing all the tasks and repairs required of them, NASA said. |
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