Progress M-10M space freighter to undock from ISS
09:51, 29 October 2011
MOSCOW. October 29. KAZINfoRM Russia's Progress M-10M space freighter which remained docked with the International Space Station (ISS) since April, will undock on Saturday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"An order to undock is to be issued at 13:04 Moscow time [9:04 GMT]," a Mission Control spokesman said.
The Russian cargo spacecraft will be sunk in a remote area in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The space freighter lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on April 27 and docked with the ISS on April 29. It delivered 2.5 tons of scientific equipment, fuel and food supplies to the orbital station.
The launch of the next freighter, Progress M-13M, is scheduled to take place from the Baikonur Space Center at 14:11 Moscow time [10:11 GMT] on Sunday. The spacecraft is to dock with the ISS on November 2, at 15:40 Moscow time [11:40 GMT]; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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