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| | Cargo ship Progress М-64 being prepared for launch at Baikonur
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| 8 May 2008, 16:52
| CA-NEWS (KZ) - Cargo space ship Progress М-64 is being prepared at Baikonur, reported Kazakhstan Today.
Specialists of the space center are conducting final stage of preparation of cargo space ship checking the systems of the space ship in assembly-testing house of the platform №254.
The space ship Progress of М-64 in the nearest days will be transported to assembly-testing house of platform №112, where the rocket-carrier Souyz-U intended for launch of the cargo ship will be assembled on May 12.
Carrier rocket Soyuz-U with cargo space ship Progress М-64 will be launched to International Space Station (ISS) with cargo for crew of the 17th expedition from the starting complex №5 of platform №1 on May, 15 at 00.22 Moscow time.
The cargo space ship Progress М-64 will deliver to ISS about 2.5 ton of cargo: fuel for maintenance of orbit of the station, food, water, scientific equipment, and daily stuff for the crew of cosmonauts of the 17th expedition launched to ISS on April 8.
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