Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2002-013A Inclination 51.6° Decay date 25 June 2002 | Operator Roskosmos Disposal Deorbited Launch date 21 March 2002 | |
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Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M1‑7, Progress M1‑4, Progress M1‑3, Progress M1‑11, Progress M1‑10 | ||
Progress M1-8, identified by NASA as Progress 7 or 7P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257.
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 GMT on 21 March 2002. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 GMT on 24 March. It remained docked for three months before undocking at 08:26:30 GMT on 25 June to make way for Progress M-46. It was deorbited at 11:35:00 GMT 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 GMT.
Progress M1-8 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.