About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Progress M1-5, List of Progress flights, Progress M-08M, Progress M-05M, Progress M-07M, Progress M-06M, Progress 2, Progress 1, Progress M-09M, Progress M-17, Progress M-04M, Progress M-7, Progress M-MIM2, Progress M-10, Kosmos 1669, Progress 7K-TG, Progress M1-11, Progress M1-4, Progress M-01M, Progress M-65, Progress M-15, Progress M-18, Progress M-5, Progress M-8, Progress M-16, Progress M-9, Progress-M1, Progress M-64, Progress M-63, Progress M-11, Progress M-58, Progress M1-7, Progress M-13, Progress M-02M, Progress M-12, Progress M-2, Progress M1-2, Progress M-62, Progress M-47, Progress M-53, Progress M-45, Progress M-3, Progress M-61, Progress M-52, Progress M-51, Progress M-54, Progress M1-9, Progress M-60, Progress M-03M, Progress M-50, Progress M1-10, Progress M-48, Progress M-55, Progress M1-3, Progress M-57, Progress M-67, Progress M1-8, Progress M-56, Progress M-46, Progress M-59, Progress M-49, Progress M1-6, Progress M-44, Progress M-SO1, Progress M-66. Excerpt: Progress M1-5 was the Progress spacecraft which was launched by Russia in 2001 to deorbit the fifteen-year old Mir space station before it naturally fell from orbit, potentially landing in a populated area. The Russian Aviation and Space Agency, Rosaviakosmos, was responsible for the mission. Launched in January 2001 after a short delay due to a problem with Mir, on 27 January Progress M1-5 became the last spacecraft to dock with the station. It spent two months attached to the Kvant-1 module before deorbiting the station on 23 March 2001. Mir re-entered the atmosphere with Progress M1-5 still docked, disintegrating over the Pacific Ocean, with debris falling into the ocean at around 06:00 GMT. During the early stages of the unmanned Progress M1-5 mission, a manned Soyuz was placed on standby to launch in order to complete the mission if a p...
