Russian cargo spacecraft undocks from ISS
Moscow, Dec 22 (UNI) Russia's Progress M-61 cargo spacecraft has been detached from the International Space Station (ISS) today, mission control said.
''The cargo spacecraft smoothly undocked from the station and was sent on an independent voyage until about mid-January 2008. It will be used as a platform for technical experiments,'' a mission control official said.
The cargo ship, which is at the end of its service life, like its predecessor, Progress M-60, would be used for experimental purposes before being allowed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Progress
ships
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used
to
deliver
food
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water
for
the
ISS
crew,
fuel
to
maintain
the
space
platform's
orbit,
as
well
as
other
cargo
and
research
equipment
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