Progress M1-8
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress M1-8
| image = Progress M1-8 cropped.jpg
| image_caption = Progress M1-8 departing the ISS.
| mission_type = ISS resupply
| operator = Roskosmos
| COSPAR_ID = 2002-013A
| SATCAT = 27395
| mission_duration = 96 days
| spacecraft_type = Progress-M1 s/n 257
| manufacturer = RKK Energia
| launch_mass =
| launch_date = 21 March 2002, 20:13:39 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = 25 June 2002, 12:26:52 UTC
| orbit_epoch = 21 March 2002
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| orbit_periapsis = 389 km
| orbit_apoapsis = 394 km
| orbit_inclination = 51.6°
| orbit_period = 92.4 minutes
| apsis = gee
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Zvezda aft
| docking_date = 24 March 2002, 20:57:56 UTC
| undocking_date = 25 June 2002, 08:26:30 UTC
| time_docked = 93 days
}}
| cargo_mass = 2400 kg
| cargo_mass_press =
| cargo_mass_fuel =
| cargo_mass_gas =
| cargo_mass_water =
| programme = Progress ISS Resupply
| previous_mission = Progress M1-7
| next_mission = Progress M-46
}}
Progress M1-8, identified by NASA as Progress 7P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257.{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page |access-date=2009-06-07}}
Launch
Progress M1-8 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 March 2002.
Docking
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 UTC on 24 March 2002.{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m8.sht |first=Alexander|last=Anikeev|publisher=Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-8"|access-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014023805/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m8.sht|archive-date=2007-10-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020612062830/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2002|title=Progress M1|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-06-07}} It remained docked for 93 days before undocking at 08:26:30 UTC on 25 June 2002 to make way for Progress M-46.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html|title=Progress cargo ship|last=Zak|first=Anatoly |publisher=RussianSpaceWeb|access-date=2009-06-07}} It was deorbited at 11:35:00 UTC on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 12:26:52 UTC.{{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=2009-06-07}}
Progress M1-8 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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References
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