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Undocking of Progress M-21M For Free-Flying Kurs-NA Test











ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch.

April 23, 2014

 The Russian spacecraft Progress undocked from the ISS and went to the free flight test

An unmanned Russian re-supply vehicle, Progress M-21M, successfully undocked from the International Space Station today at 08:58 UTC on April 23rd 2014.

 Undocking of Progress M-21M For Free-Flying Kurs-NA Test

The craft will spend two days testing a new Kurs-NA system that performs the automated approach and docking to the complex. Progress M-21M will then redock with the orbiting laboratory on April 25th.

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/20479/

Image, Video, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS / NASA TV / Orbiter.ch Aerospace.

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