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![]() NewsProgress MS-16 spacecraft attached to the ISSFebruary 17, 2021In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station, the docking of Progress MS-16, which had been launched from Baikonur on February 15, was completed on February 17, 2021 at 09:26:47 Moscow Time. The docking operations were conducted by the ISS crew under the direction of specialists of the Lead Operations Control Team. The resupply spacecraft has delivered to the ISS more than 2.5 tons of various cargoes that are required to maintain the ISS mission in manned mode and carry out the program of scientific and applied research in orbit. These cargoes include: 600 kg of resupply propellants, 420 liters of potable water for Rodnik system and 40.5 kg of compressed gases with additional supply of nitrogen, as well as 1400 kg of miscellaneous hardware and materials, including limited-life items for onboard control and life support systems, repairs kit, kits for conducting space experiments under the Russian program, medical monitoring and hygiene support equipment, clothing items and food rations. Within the framework of the Russian program of scientific and applied research, the spacecraft carries payloads for the following scientific experiments.
After completing all the necessary leakage tests of the interface, the ISS-64 commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov and ISS-64 flight engineer, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov will open transfer hatches and complete the final operations to dismantle the docking mechanism, switch the Progress power supply system to the joint power supply, and put the logistics spacecraft into the long-storage mode. Currently staying onboard the ISS beside Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov are NASA astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and a representative of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Soichi Noguchi.
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