ISS occupied all the available docking stations






This image (renderer) published tweeted agency NASA

European unmanned cargo ship Cygnus CRS Orb-2 ranked fifth docking unit, so that the International Space Station now busy all really affordable places . However, on Friday the Cygnus must undock and release one place.

Who is "parking" are manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-12M and Soyuz TMA-13M, which deliver crews to the ISS / Earth (one ship as a spare) and three unmanned cargo ship.

Who is on the ISS and how I got here?

Manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-12M arrived March 27 (carrier rocket Soyuz-FG, Baikonur Cosmodrome) with members of the 39th expedition (they have already left the station) and undock September 11.

Manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13M arrived May 29 (carrier rocket Soyuz-FG, Baikonur Cosmodrome) with members of the 40th expedition, and undock November 10.

The unmanned cargo ship Progress M-24M (Progress 56), arrived July 24 (carrier rocket Soyuz-U Baikonur Cosmodrome), load: about 2500 kg, fuel, food and water, scientific equipment and consumables; undock October 27.

«Progress" before docking

The unmanned cargo ship Cygnus CRS Orb-2
Cygnus CRS Orb-2 before docking

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Source: habrahabr.ru/post/233413/

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