#Progress_MS_series

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The ship will soon enter the atmosphere and collapse Today, the Progress MS-23 cargo ship set sail from the International Space Station, having worked on it for more than six months. The press service of Roscosmos spoke about this. [caption id="attachment_84916" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Progress MS-23[/caption] At 10:55:26 Moscow time, the ship undocked from the small research module “Poisk” of the Russian segment of the station. Progress MS-23 has set sail from the ISS https://youtu.be/2jj-X6SR8c8 At 14:02 Moscow time, the Progress MS-23 engine is scheduled to be switched on for braking to deorbit, as a result of which the ship will enter the atmosphere and be destroyed. According to the calculations of specialists from the Mission Control Center, the unburnt elements of its structure will fall at 14:43 in a non-navigable area of ​​the South Pacific Ocean, 2320 km from the city of Wellington (New Zealand). [caption id="attachment_84918" align="aligncenter" width="544"] Progress MS-23[/caption] The Progress MS-23 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 24, 2023 by a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle and delivered 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS. Its place at the station will be taken by the Progress MS-25 spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch from Baikonur on December 1. The crew of the 70th long-term expedition is working on the ISS, consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Konstantin Borisov, NASA astronauts Jasmine Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.

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Launch is scheduled for December 1, 2023 Today, the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket with the Progress MS-25 cargo ship was transported to the launch complex of the 31st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The press service of Roscosmos spoke about this. [caption id="attachment_84709" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Progress MS-25[/caption] After installing the rocket in a vertical position at the launch complex, Roscosmos specialists continued preparing it for launch. [caption id="attachment_84710" align="aligncenter" width="337"] Progress MS-25[/caption] "Soyuz" with "Progress MS-25" already at the start of Baikonur The launch of the Progress MS-25 cargo spacecraft by the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle is planned on December 1, at 12:25:11 Moscow time. [caption id="attachment_84711" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Progress MS-25[/caption] The ship must deliver about 2500 kg of cargo on board the ISS, including 515 kg of fuel in refueling tanks, 420 kg of drinking water and 40 kg of compressed nitrogen, as well as 1553 kg of resource equipment and stowage for scientific experiments, food, medical and sanitary-hygienic means in the cargo compartment to ensure the work and life of the crew. [caption id="attachment_84712" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Progress MS-25[/caption] [caption id="attachment_84713" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Progress MS-25[/caption]