Russian transport cargo vehicle Progress M-14M, after two days in a free flight, docked to the International Space Station (ISS).
Contact with the docking port on the Pirs compartment of the ISS Russian Segment (RS) occurred at 04:08:54 Moscow Time.
Approach to the space station, its fly-around, stationkeeping and docking were performed in automatic mode.
At 03:06:40 Moscow Time an automatic transport cargo vehicle Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur Launch site.
The purpose of the launch is to support further in-orbit operation of the International Space Station in accordance with the Russian commitments under this project.
Specialists from S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia in collaboration with the International Space Station crew initiated conduct of geophysical Microsatellite experiment.
Microsatellite Chibis-M which had been in autonomous flight since January 24, 2012, was launched from transport cargo vehicle Progress M-13M.
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