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| The Progress 62 Rocket stands at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: RSC Energia |
Russia launch a
Progress spacecraft carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies
for the Expedition 46 crew aboard the International Space Station.
Following a 34-orbit,
two-day trip, Progress 62 is scheduled to arrive at the Pirs Docking
Compartment of the International Space Station at 5:31 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec.
23. The two-day rendezvous was deliberately planned to enable Russian flight
controllers to test new software and communications equipment on the vehicle
that will be standard for future Progress and piloted Soyuz spacecraft. The
Expedition 46 crew will monitor key events during Progress 62’s automated
rendezvous and docking.
The Progress will spend
more than six months at the station before departing in early July 2016.
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