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Despite a technical issue, Russian cargo spacecraft docked with the ISS

Washington, USA - One of the antennas of the Progress 51 failed to deploy

The Russian ISS Progress 51 cargo craft completed a two-day journey to the International Space Station when it was captured at the Zvezda service module on Friday at 8:25 am EDT (12:25 pm GMT/UTC), despite a technical issue which emerged shortly after the departure from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on April 24: one of the two antennas used for the Kurs automated docking system failed to deploy. Flight...

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Rome, Italy, 04/26/2013 18:19
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