Progress Cargo Craft Departs Station After Six Months
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 89 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 3:17 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, backing away from the station for a deorbit maneuver and destructive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.
The spacecraft launched Aug. 14 on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft arrived at the orbiting laboratory Aug. 17 and automatically docked to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory's Zvezda Service module.
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