Progress M-67 (russian: Прогресс М-67, italic=yes) was a

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spacecraft which was used for the Progress 34P flight to resupply the

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. It was a

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11F615A55 spacecraft, with the

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367. Its flight to the ISS marked the final flight of the Progress-M 11F615A55 model, which was retired in favour of the modernised Progress-M 11F615A60.

Launch

It was successfully launched aboard a

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carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the

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at 10:56:56 UTC on 24 July 2009.

Docking

It was originally scheduled to dock with the ISS on 26 July 2009, two days after launch, but following delays to the launch of OV 105 on mission

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, it was decided before launch to extend the free flight period to allow the Shuttle to remain docked for the full duration of its mission. Although the Shuttle and Progress spacecraft do not use the same docking port on the ISS, a Progress cannot dock or undock whilst a Shuttle is docked to the station. Following ''Endeavours departure on 28 July 2009, Progress M-67 docked to the aft docking port of the '' Zvezda'' module on 29 July 2009 at 11:12 UTC after five days of free flight. During rendezvous, the Progress approached the station in an incorrect orientation, before the automated

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system was deactivated, and cosmonaut

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took over using the manual

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system.

Cargo

The spacecraft delivered 50 kg of oxygen, 210 kg of water, about 830 kg of propellant and more than 1,200 kg of dry cargo to the ISS. Progress M-67 undocked from the ISS on 21 September 2009 at 07:25 UTC, in order to free up the aft docking port on Zvezda for the arrival of

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Deorbited

Progress M-67 was successfully deorbited and burned up upon

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on 27 September 2009.

References

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