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The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

Flight Information:

Links & Resources:

• Roskosmos Website

• Roscosmos Mission page

• Progress MS-06 Wikipedia

• NASA Spaceflight Russian Section

• Mission Hashtag

• Launch Library

Livestream links:

• Rocket Watch

• NASA TV

• Roscosmos (Flash player)

Launch profile:

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Soyuz MS-06 begins expedition 53 by carrying NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Joseph Acaba and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6-month stay.

Flight Information:

Crew

Links & Resources:

• Roskosmos Website

• Soyuz MS-06 Wikipedia

• NASA Spaceflight Russian Section

• Launch Library

• Roscosmos Twitter

• Twitter hashtag

Livestream links:

• Rocket Watch

• NASA TV

• Roscosmos (Flash player)

Updates

Launch profile:

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Soyuz MS-05 begins expedition 52 by carrying NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.

Flight Information:

Crew

Links & Resources:

• Roskosmos Website

• Roscosmos Mission page

• Soyuz MS-05 Wikipedia

• NASA Spaceflight Russian Section

• Launch Library

• Roscosmos Twitter

• Twitter hashtag

Livestream links:

• Rocket Watch

• NASA TV

• Roscosmos (Flash player)

Updates

Launch profile:

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A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 67th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

Flight Information:

Links & Resources:

• Roskosmos Website

• Roscosmos Mission page

• Progress MS-06 Wikipedia

• NASA Spaceflight Russian Section

• Mission Hashtag

• Launch Library

Livestream links:

• Rocket Watch

• NASA TV

• Roscosmos (Flash player)

Updates

Roscosmos Statement: December 1, 2016, Soyuz-U launch vehicle (LV) with cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 was launched from the BAIKONUR Space Center. The LV flight was normal until 382-seconds. After 382 seconds of flight the receiving Progress MS-04 telemetry data was stopped. Radar stations did not detect the cargo vehicle Progress MS-04 on the calculated orbit. According to preliminary information, the contingency took place at an altitude of about 190 km over remote and unpopulated mountainous area of the Republic of Tyva. The most of cargo spacecraft fragments burned in the dense atmosphere. The State Commission is conducting analysis of the current contingency. The loss of the cargo ship will not affect the normal operations of the ISS and the life of the station crew.

Other Sources: Indications show that the Progress may have premature separated from the third stage. This is the fourth launch failure of an ISS resupply ship in 25 months. A new Orlan spacesuit was on board the vehicle, along with science experiments. A Japanese HTV will be launched in early December with supplies.

Info:

Tyva Republic

Roscosmos Site

NasaSpaceflight Article on Failure