Russian cargo vessel docks at International Space Station in record time
6 years, 6 months ago

Russian cargo vessel docks at International Space Station in record time

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The Russian cargo vessel smashed the record flight time to ISS by two hours. A Russian cargo vessel took just three hours and 40 minutes to reach the International Space Station on Tuesday, Roscosmos space agency said, smashing the record flight time by two hours. The “Progress” launched at 2151 GMT on Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived at the space station in the early hours of Tuesday, the agency said. “The length of the flight, between departure to its docking at the station, was three hours 40 minutes,” the agency said in a statement, adding that it was a “first in the history of Progress cargo ships”.

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