Progress M09M (41P)
27 January 2011The Progress M09M (41P) cargo spacecraft launched from Baikonur on 27 January, docked with ISS 2 days later, carrying 2,666 kg of cargo, fuel, air, water and birthday presents for Expedition 26 captain Scott J. Kelly of the United States, who turned 47 on February 21. The spacecraft undocked on 22 April, and was deorbited over the Pacific Ocean 4 days later.
There were a number of notable cargoes aboard Progress, one of which was the Earth Artificial Satellite (EAS) “Kedr”. It will be used for student space education programmes, and for this year’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight. Kedr was manually jettisoned overboard to free-fly from the ISS during EVA-28 on 16 February.
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