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    CubeSats Being Deployed While Crew Preps for Future Cygnus Mission

    NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren

    The crew is working high-end maintenance today, while preparing for an upcoming spacewalk and an early December cargo mission. CubeSats are also being deployed this week from the Kibo laboratory module. Commander Scott Kelly checked on a power supply problem with the humanoid Robonaut. Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui installed cables in the …

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    New Space Freighter Open for Business before Late October Spacewalk

    Japanese Astronaut Kimiya Yui

    The hatches were opened today to the new space delivery from Russia’s Progress resupply craft. The Expedition 45 crew also worked on orbital lab maintenance and on science to improve life on Earth and in space. The Progress 61 space freighter arrived at the International Space Station Thursday evening delivering more than three tons of …

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    Space Station Receives Express Delivery in Six Hours

    Progress Minutes Away from Docking

    Traveling about 252 miles over the North Atlantic, the unpiloted ISS Progress 61 Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the rear port of the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station at 6:52 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft is delivering more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies, including 1,940 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds …

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    Watch Cargo Craft Docking Live on NASA TV

    Progress Spacecraft Docking

    Beginning at 6:15 p.m. EDT today, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the docking of a Russian Progress spacecraft carrying more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 45 crew aboard the International Space Station. ISS Progress 61 is on track to complete a four-orbit rendezvous, and is scheduled to …

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    Space Freighter on 6-Hour Delivery Trip After Flawless Launch

    Progress 61 Launch

    Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 61 cargo craft launched at 12:49 p.m. EDT (10:49 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. At the time of launch, the space station was flying above Southeast Kazakhstan. Less than …

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    Watch NASA TV for Live Coverage of Russian Cargo Craft Launch

    Progress 61 Rocket at Launch Pad

    ­ At 12:30 p.m. EDT, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of a Russian Progress spacecraft carrying more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 45 crew aboard the International Space Station. Launch of ISS Progress 61 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 12:49 p.m. …

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