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Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station


Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station The second of three robotic resupply ships going to the International Space Station in two weeks has arrived at its launch pad in Kazakhstan for liftoff Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket. The Progress MS-02 cargo carrier and its Soyuz booster rolled out of an assembly hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at dawn Tuesday, riding a specialized rail car across the spaceport’s barren steppe before arriving at its launch pad. Ground crews hoisted the rocket vertical atop the launch mount, and clamshell-like service towers folded around the booster to give workers access for final preflight checks.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 30)

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