Russian spacecraft completes fastest-ever orbital rendezvous with International Space Station

Source: Meduza

The “Progress MS-09” Russian spacecraft has successfully completed the fastest-ever orbital rendezvous with the International Space Station, launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and reaching the station in less than four hours, after orbiting the planet just twice. Previously resupply missions with “Progress” spacecraft have taken either six hours (four orbits) or two days (34 orbits).

The third time’s the charm for Roscosmos, which canceled two previous “super fast-tracked” rendezvouses in October 2017 and February 2018 because of technical reasons, opting instead for two-day resupply missions.

Russian space officials hope to be able to send human beings to the International Space Station on fast-tracked 3.5-hour flights as soon as April 2020.

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