Progress M-50 (Russian: Прогресс М-50), identified by NASA as Progress 15P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350.
Launch & Docking
Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 August 2004. The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August 2004.
It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004. to make way for Progress M-51. It was deorbited at 22:32:06 UTC on 22 December 2004. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 UTC.
Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
See also
- List of Progress flights
- Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
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