The Soyuz rocket stage involved in the successful launch of the Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station re-entered Sunday morning after two and a half days in orbit.
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The International Space Station received a fresh batch of supplies on Saturday when the Progress MS-02 spacecraft made a successful docking to the Station’s aft docking port, arriving for a stay of six and a half months and bringing with it 2,425 Kilograms of fuel, water and supplies for ISS and its six resident crew members.
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The launch of the Progress MS-02 cargo resupply craft on Thursday was photographed by the crew of the International Space Station observing the ascending rocket from the Cupola.
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The Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft en-route to the International Space Station received a very smooth ride atop its Soyuz 2-1A rocket on Thursday, being delivered to an excellent orbit from where it can begin its link-up with ISS.
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A Soyuz rocket streaked into the night skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, carrying the Progress MS-02 spacecraft into orbit for a cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station for arrival on Saturday with over 2,400 Kilograms of supplies for the six crew members in orbit.
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The Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched on Thursday, riding into orbit atop a Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifting off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Sent on its way in an excellent orbit, Progress is planned to complete a two-day rendezvous with the Space Station to deliver 2,425 Kilograms of cargo.
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Countdown operations are underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a nighttime liftoff of a Soyuz 2-1A rocket carrying the Progress MS-02 spacecraft into orbit for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.
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The Progress M-29M cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Wednesday after a stay of nearly six months, vacating the Station’s aft docking port for the Progress MS-02 spacecraft due to launch from Baikonur on Thursday
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A Soyuz rocket rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the morning on Tuesday, setting the stage for the launch of the Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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The year 2015 saw 87 orbital launch attempts from spaceports across the globe – 84 missions reached orbit in a year that saw 82 successful orbital launches. Here are photos of all of 2015’s space launches.
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The year 2015 saw a total of 87 known orbital launch attempts operated by seven nations from space ports in eight countries.
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Just days after the blazing re-entry of the rocket from the launch of a three-man crew to the International Space Station dazzled observers in Newfoundland and Labrador, another Soyuz rocket stage was spotted re-entering over North America.
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The Progress MS spacecraft made a flawless rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station on Wednesday, arriving at the orbiting laboratory for a stay of eight months, facilitating the transfer of over 2,400 Kilograms of cargo delivered by the spacecraft.
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The Progress MS spacecraft is inbound for an automated docking to the International Space Station on Wednesday after passing its in-orbit tests
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The Progress MS spacecraft was inserted into a very accurate orbit by its Soyuz 2-1A carrier rocket according to orbital data published by the Russian Mission Control Center.
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A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday at 8:44 UTC carrying the first in an upgraded series of Progress cargo resupply craft to orbit on a mission to the International Space Station.
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifts off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 21, 2015 on a nine-minute ride into orbit to put the Progress MS spacecraft on a course toward the International Space Station for a two-day rendezvous.
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