Progress M-50 (russian: Прогресс М-50, italic=yes), identified by
NASA as Progress 15P, was a
Progress spacecraft used to resupply the
International Space Station. It was a
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 ...
11F615A55 spacecraft, with the
serial number
A serial number is a unique identifier assigned incrementally or sequentially to an item, to ''uniquely'' identify it.
Serial numbers need not be strictly numerical. They may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist enti ...
350.
Launch & Docking
Progress M-50 was launched by a
Soyuz-U carrier rocket from
Site 1/5 at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...
. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 August 2004.
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the ''
Zvezda'' module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August 2004.
It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004.
to make way for
Progress M-51
Progress M-51 (russian: Прогресс М-51, italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 16P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 351.
L ...
.
It was deorbited at 22:32:06 UTC on 22 December 2004.
The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the
Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 UTC.
Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
See also
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List of Progress flights
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Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
References
Spacecraft launched in 2004
Progress (spacecraft) missions
Spacecraft which reentered in 2004
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