Progress M-44 , identified by NASA as Progress 3P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 244.
Launch
Progress M-44 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 08:09:35 UTC on 26 February 2001.2 The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:49:47 UTC on 28 February 2001.34
Docking
It remained docked for 47 days before undocking at 08:48 UTC on 16 April 2001.5 It was deorbited at 13:23 UTC the same day.6 The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:11 UTC.78
Progress M-44 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress-M spacecraft to visit the ISS, previous resupply missions having used the Progress-M1.
See also
- Spaceflight portal
References
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009. /wiki/Jonathan_McDowell ↩
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009. /wiki/Jonathan_McDowell ↩
Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-44"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061155/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm44.sht ↩
Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm ↩
Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-44"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061155/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm44.sht ↩
Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-44"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061155/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm44.sht ↩
Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-44"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061155/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm44.sht ↩
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt ↩