Progress M-60

{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress M-60

| image = Progress M-60.jpg

| image_caption = Progress M-60 approaching the ISS

| mission_type = ISS resupply

| operator = Roskosmos

| COSPAR_ID = 2007-017A

| SATCAT = 31393

| mission_duration = 136 days

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M s/n 360

| manufacturer = RKK Energia

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass =

| launch_date = 12 May 2007, 03:25:36 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 25 September 2007, 19:47 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 12 May 2007

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis =

| orbit_apoapsis =

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period =

| apsis = gee

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = ISS

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Zvezda aft

| docking_date = 15 May 2007, 05:10 UTC

| undocking_date = 19 September 2007,
00:36:51 UTC

| time_docked = 127 days

}}

| cargo_mass = 1400 kg (dry cargo)

| cargo_mass_press = 241 kg (fruits and vegetables)

| cargo_mass_fuel = 136 kg (medical equipment)

| cargo_mass_gas = 45 kg (air)

| cargo_mass_water = 419 kg

| programme = Progress ISS Resupply

| previous_mission = Progress M-59

| next_mission = Progress M-61

}}

Progress M-60 ({{langx|ru|Прогресс М-60|italic=yes}}), identified by NASA as Progress 25P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 360.

Launch

Progress M-60 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 03:25:36 UTC on 12 May 2007.{{cite web |url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-05}}

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:10 UTC on 15 May.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|title=Progress M |last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm |archive-date=2009-07-10}} It remained docked for 127 days before undocking at 00:36:51 UTC on 19 September 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html|title=Progress cargo ship|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb|access-date=2009-06-05}} Following undocking it conducted research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a week prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:01 UTC on 25 September 2007. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:47 UTC.{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm60.sht|first=Alexander|last=Anikeev|publisher=Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-60"|access-date=2009-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304202144/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm60.sht|archive-date=2009-03-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-05}}

Progress M-60 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

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