Article Posted on : - Oct 25, 2010

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MOSCOW (BNS): A Russian cargo spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.

The Progress M-05M spacecraft, which was launched in April this year on a supply mission, will be separated from the docking port on the Pirs module of the ISS at 18:28 Moscow time, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

After separation, the spacecraft will continue flying autonomously till November 15 before taking “burial” in the southern Pacific.

Meanwhile, another freighter of the series, Progress M-08M, is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur space centre on October 27, the space agency said.