Progress M-25M (russian: Прогресс М-25М, italic=yes), identified by

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as Progress 57P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the

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(ISS) during 2014. Progress M-25M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 25th

Progress-M Progress-M (russian: Прогресс-М, GRAU indices 11F615A55 and 11F615A60), also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, or ...

11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the

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425 and was built by RKK Energia.

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 29 October 2014 at 07:09:43 UTC from the

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in Kazakhstan. This was the first time the upgraded Soyuz-2.1a rocket was used for an ISS mission launch.

Docking

Traveling about over the

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, the unpiloted ISS Progress M-25M Russian cargo ship docked at 13:08 UTC on 29 October 2014 to the

Pirs Docking Compartment ''Pirs'' ''(russian: Пирс'', meaning "pier") – also called Stykovochny Otsek 1 (SO-1; russian: Стыковочный отсек, "docking module") and DC-1 (Docking Compartment 1) – was a Russian module on the International Space Stat ...

of the International Space Station, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2351 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The craft is delivering food, fuel and supplies, including 880 kg of propellant; 22 kg of oxygen; 26 kg of air; 420 kg of water; and 1283 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the

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crew currently living and working in space. Progress M-25M is scheduled to remain docked to Pirs for six months.

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Launch

Docking

Cargo

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