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Progress Cargo Craft to Arrive at Station This Week
Progress Cargo Craft to Arrive at Station This Week
An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 12 crewmembers are awaiting the arrival of the next Progress supply ship, which will bring to the station supplies of food, fuel, water and air, as well as holiday gifts for the crew. ISS Progress 20, set to launch Wednesday at 1:38 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, is scheduled to dock with the space station on Friday at 2:55 p.m. This week Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev conducted an inspection of the windows in the Russian segment of the station, powered up and tested the Human Research Facility's computers, and replaced a volatile gas analyzer in the U.S. segment's environmental system. To contrast with their American-styled Thanksgiving dinner, the Expedition 12 crewmembers are looking forward to a Russian-themed Christmas dinner consisting of borsch, rye bread, and other traditional Russian fare. Engineers on the ground are studying the cause and impacts of a severed cable on an umbilical system of the station's Mobile Transporter. Another umbilical system assembly will need to be brought to the station to replace the severed cable in a future spacewalk. -- -------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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