Progress MS-08

Progress MS-08
Progress MS-08 approaches the ISS on 15 February 2018.
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2018-019A
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Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Progress MS-08 (No.438)
Spacecraft type Progress-MS
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 13 February 2018 08:13:33.233 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-2.1a
Launch site Baikonur Site 31/6
Contractor Roscosmos
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda aft
Docking date 15 February 2018 10:38 UTC
Undocking date 23 August 2018 02:16 UTC
Time docked 188 days
Cargo
Mass 2,746 kg (6,054 lb)
Pressurised 1,390 kg (3,060 lb)
Fuel 890 kg (1,960 lb)
Gaseous 46 kg (101 lb)
Water 420 kg (930 lb)
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress MS-08 (Russian: Прогресс МC-08), identified by NASA as Progress 69 or 69P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Launch

Progress MS-8 launched on 13 February 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[1]

Docking

Progress MS-8 docked on 15 February 2018 with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module.[2]

Cargo

The Progress MS-8 spacecraft will carry about 2746 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft will deliver food, fuel and supplies, including 890 kg of propellant, 46 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.

References

  1. ↑ Chris Gebhardt, William Graham and Chris Bergin (February 13, 2018). "Soyuz 2-1A launches at the second attempt with Progress MS-08". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ↑ Chris Gebhardt, William Graham and Chris Bergin (February 15, 2018). "Progress MS-08 docks with ISS". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
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