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Spacecraft-Module Progress M-NM solar array check
05.11.2021

Prelaunch processing of the cargo transportation spacecraft-module Progress M-NM carrying Node Module (NM) Prichal is in good progress in the processing facility of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Today a planned operation of test insolation of solar arrays of the spacecraft-module onboard power supply system was performed in the integration and test facility of Site 254.

Progress МС-18 docked to Zvezda module
October 30, 2021

In accordance with the Russian flight program of the International Space Station docking of cargo transportation spacecraft Progress MS-18 was performed on October 30, 2021 at 04:31:19 Moscow time. The final approach and docking operations to Zvezda Service Module were performed automatically under the direction of specialists of TsNIIMash Mission Control Center, Lead Operational Control Team of S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (form part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) and Russian crewmembers of the ISS-66 Expedition, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrov.

Spacecraft-module Progress М-NM has undergone vacuum tests
October 28, 2021

Leak tests of transportation cargo spacecraft Progress M-NM with Node Module Prichal in the vacuum chamber of the integration and test facility of Area 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome are completed.
As per the work schedule, specialists from RSC Energia and SC Yuzhny performed a cycle of pneumatic and vacuum tests of Progress M-NM, which had been run since September 26.

Spacecraft Progress MS-18 on the way to the ISS
October 28, 2021

In accordance with the approved Russian flight schedule for the International Space Station, today, on October 28, 2021, at 03:00:32 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying transportation cargo spacecraft Progress MS-18 was successfully launched from launch pad No. 6 of Site No. 31 (Vostok) of the Baikonur cosmodrome. After 8 minutes 48 seconds, the separation of the spacecraft and the upper stage of the launch vehicle was recorded, then the solar arrays and antennas were deployed.

Soyuz MS-20 passed tests in the anechoic chamber
October 27, 2021

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome the preflight processing of Soyuz MS-20 manned transportation spacecraft is in good progress. Today as per the preflight schedule a cycle of stand-alone tests of the spacecraft has been performed in the anechoic chamber (AC) of the integration and test facility at Site 254.

Progress MS-21 logistics vehicle arrived in Baikonur
October 26, 2021

Cargo Transportation Spacecraft (CTS) Progress MS-21 has been delivered to the processing facility at the Baikonur launch site to undergo its standard processing according to the schedule of the transportation support of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS RS).

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