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Russian Progress resupply cargo spacecraft docks with ISS by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2020
Roscosmos space corporation previously said that a Progress cargo craft would lift off for the International Space Station on 23 July, while a Proton rocket with communication satellites would head for orbit on 30 July. Sputnik is live from the International Space Station as the Russian Progress-MS-15 resupply cargo spacecraft, which blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan hours earlier, has arrived to dock and deliver supplies, including food and fuel, to the Expedition 63 crew. The flight to the ISS was the fifth via an ultra-fast three-hour (two-turn) flightpath. In future, it is planned to use it on Soyuz manned spacecraft, which currently fly to the ISS via a fast six-hour (four-turn) flightpath. Source: RIA Novosti
Spacewalk on Tuesday will conclude space station power upgrade Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2020 Two NASA astronauts plan to conclude a power systems upgrade for the International Space Station during a spacewalk Tuesday. Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy will install a final, new lithium-ion battery to complete the 3 1/2-year project. The spacewalk is to begin about 7:35 a.m. EDT and last up to seven hours, according to NASA, which will provide live-stream video coverage. The spacewalk will be the 300th involving U.S. astronauts since Ed White stepped out of his Gemini 4 capsule on Jun ... read more
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