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Progress M1-6
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<h2 id="launch">Launch</h2> <p>Progress M1-6 was launched on the <a href="/facts/Maiden_flight/LW569ILn">maiden flight</a> of the <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a> carrier rocket, flying from <a href="/facts/Gagarin%27s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a> at the <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a>. Launch occurred at 22:32:40 UTC on 20 May 2001.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the <i><a href="/facts/Zvezda_(ISS_module)/UM2qsV7z">Zvezda</a></i> module at 00:23:57 UTC on 23 May 2001.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="undocking">Undocking</h2> <p>It remained docked for 91 days before undocking at 06:02 UTC on 22 August 2001<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> to make way for <a href="/facts/Progress_M-45/Et1Hctuo">Progress M-45</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It was deorbited at 09:00 UTC on the same day,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> burning up in the atmosphere over the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a>, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 09:50 UTC.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>Progress M1-6 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Progress_flights/MXbFaxMo">List of Progress flights</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Uncrewed_spaceflights_to_the_International_Space_Station/XKHgRXEI">Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt" target="_blank">http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt" target="_blank">http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Wade, Mark. "Progress M1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 12 June 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020612062830/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20020612062830/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html" target="_blank">http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130417083608/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009. <a href="http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt" target="_blank">http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>