Progress M-56 (russian: Прогресс М-56, italic=yes), identified by

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as Progress 21P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the

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. 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

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356.

Launch

Progress M-56 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the

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. Launch occurred at 16:03:25 UTC on 24 April 2006. Also carried to the ISS was an experimental MIT students-built picosatellite, named SPHERE, that will float inside the station, strictly maintaining its location inside.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the '' Zvezda'' module at 17:41:31 UTC on 26 April 2006. It remained docked for 146 days before undocking at 00:28:17 UTC on 19 September 2006 to make way for

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. It was deorbited at 03:28 UTC on 19 September 2006. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 04:14:40 UTC. Progress M-56 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

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Launch

Docking

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