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Progress M-21M: Preparation for Launch. / November 15, 2013 /

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Progress M-21M cargo spacecraft is being prepared for launch. The final operations are carried out on the cargo spacecraft before its fuelling. Tonight the Progress spacecraft will be transported from the assembly-and-testing building, Site 254 to the fueling area, Site 31 for loading the propulsion system with propellant.
The Soyuz-U carrier rocket is under the pneumatic tests.
At the Soyuz Launch Complex, Site 31 of the Cosmodrome, the launcher equipment and instrumentation are being prepared for the upcoming rocket launch by experts of the Russian Space Industry.
The Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress M-21M cargo ship is scheduled for launch on 26 November at 00:53 Moscow Time.
The cargo ship will deliver more than 2.5 tons of different supplies to the ISS including experiments, spare parts for the station, fuel to maintain the ISS orbit, food, water, and oxygen for astronauts.

Press service of ROSCOSMOS

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