Progress M-09M
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Progress M-09M, identified by NASA as Progress 41P, is a Progress spacecraft which was launched in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station. It was the ninth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to
Progress M-09M approaches the ISS on 29 January 2011.
Progress M-09M departs the ISS on 22 April 2011.
Pirs (ISS module)
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Pirs – also called Stykovochny Otsek 1 and DC-1 – was a Russian module on the International Space Station. Pirs was launched on 14 September 2001, and was located on the Zvezda module of the station.
Progress M-09M
…its orbit, and manoeuvred to rendezvous with the space station. It arrived at the ISS on 30 January 2011, successfully docking to the nadir port of the Pirs at 02:39 UTC. Progress M-09M is carrying 2,666 kilograms (5,878 lb) of cargo to the space station, consisting of 1,444 kilograms (3,183 lb) of dry…
The Pirs module attached to the International Space Station.
The flight engineer Oleg Kononenko photographs commander Sergey Volkov operating the manual Strela crane holding him. The commander stands on Pirs and has his back to the Soyuz spacecraft. Zarya is seen to the left and Zvezda across the bottom of the image.
Progress DC-1 and Pirs approaches ISS
Nadir Docking port on Zvezda, the docking location of Pirs Module. (now Nauka Module)