Progress M-05M approaching the ISS. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-018A |
| SATCATno. | 36521 |
| Mission duration | 201 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 405 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 April 2010, 17:15 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 15 November 2010 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Epoch | 28 April 2010 |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 1 May 2010, 18:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 October 2010, 14:25 UTC |
| Time docked | 177 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2400 kg |
| Pressurised | 1497 kg (dry cargo) |
| Fuel | 870 kg |
| Water | 100 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
Progress M-05M (Russian:Прогресс М-05М), identified byNASA asProgress 37P, is aProgress spacecraft launched by theRussian Federal Space Agency in April 2010 to resupply theInternational Space Station (ISS).[1][2] The spacecraft carried fresh food and supplies for the ISS crew. Progress M-05M also hauled some special care packages for the station crew that included confectioneries, books and new movies.[3]

The launch of Progress M-05M, which occurred at 17:15UTC on 28 April 2010, was conducted fromSite 1/5 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome,[4] using aSoyuz-U carrier rocket.
The Progress M-05M spacecraft arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome by train on 19 March 2010.[5] Shortly after delivery, initial tests of its electronics andKurs docking system began,[6] which were completed by 29 March 2010.[7] Further testing was subsequently conducted using anacoustic chamber between 1 and 3 April 2010.[8][9] It then underwent a series ofleak checks in avacuum chamber.[9] The spacecraft was fuelled for its mission on 19 April 2010,[10] and mated to its launch adaptor on 21 April 2010.[11] On 22 April 2010, the spacecraft underwent a final inspection before it was encapsulated in thepayload fairing[12] It was then transported to the MIK integration building for installation atop the carrier rocket, on 24 April 2010.[13] It was rolled to the launch pad on 26 April 2010, and successfully launched two days later.


Following three days of free flight,[14] Progress M-05M docked with thePirs module of the ISS at 18:30 UTC on 1 May 2010.[15] During rendezvous operations, when Progress M-05M was about a kilometre from the station, itsKurs docking system failed. CosmonautOleg Kotov used the backupTORU system to manually control the rendezvous and docking, setting a record for the furthest distance a Progress spacecraft was flown under manual control.[16][17]
TheProgress M-03M spacecraft, which had previously been occupying thePirs docking port, departed on 22 April 2010 to make way for Progress M-05M.[18]
Progress M-05M remained docked with the space station until 25 October 2010.[19] The spacecraft undocked from the Pirs docking compartment at 14:25 UTC on 25 October 2010.[20]Expedition 25 Flight EngineerFyodor Yurchikhin closed and performed leak checks on the hatch between the space station and Progress M-05M on 22 October 2010, completing preparations for the spacecraft's undocking. The undocking of Progress M-05M cleared the way for the launch of theProgress M-08M spacecraft on 27 October 2010 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. On 30 October 2010, Progress M-08M docked to the Pirs docking compartment vacated by Progress M-05M.
After undocking, the spacecraft was transferred to a lower orbit. The Progress M-05M spacecraft spent 21 days orbiting a safe distance from the space station. The autonomous mission enabled Russian scientists to conduct geophysical experiments before spacecraft's demise.
On 15 November 2010, Progress M-05M was deorbited and drowned in theSouth Pacific Ocean several thousand kilometers East of New Zealand.[21] Progress engines were activated by the onboard computer and retroburn was initiated at 8:50 UTC. The main engine operated for 186.2 seconds, providing the braking burn of 89.7 mps to the spacecraft. The remaining parts of the Progress M-05M, not burnt during the reentry fell down in the area of 47°57' South and 220°44'West at about 9:35 UTC.[22]