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Soyuz Launches Cargo To ISS On Progress M1-4

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A Soyuz U launched Progress M1-4 from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 0132:36 UTC on Nov. 16 (5:32 p.m. PST Nov. 15) The Progress spacecraft is expected to dock with the ISS Zarya module’s nadir port at 0307 UTC Nov. 18 (7:07 p.m. PST Nov. 17).

The Progress is carrying about 2 tons of supplies and food for ISS. Progress M1-4 spacecraft is carrying food, medical equipment, a variety of tools, a ThinkPad computer, a "central post" computer, cables, tethers, electrical gear, alarm system components, carbon dioxide absorbent and additional backup oxygen candles. Also on board are supplies for the space station's zero-gravity toilet, a sleeping bag and a Russian exercise bicycle. Clothing items include underwear, spare coveralls and fur-lined boots.

Due to the proximity of the nadir ports on the Zarya and Unity modules, the Progress spacecraft must be moved before the shuttle Endeavour’s planned arrival. The Progress must be unloaded by the crew prior to December 2, when it will be jettisoned so the shuttle Endeavour's can dock. Once undocked, there is no way to automatically re-dock the Progress after Endeavour departs. When the Progress initially docks, it retracts one of the antennas it uses to perform its automatic docking, so once the spacecraft docks to a port, it has to manually re-dock thereafter. Usually a crew takes a month or more to unload a Progress spacecraft's dry cargo and repack it with unneeded gear and trash.

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November 15, 2000