Beschreibung : Progress M-52 is a Russian automatic cargocraft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 19:09 UT on 28 February 2005. It carried 2.5 tonnes of food, fuel, water and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). Also on-board were 50 snails to test the effect of microgravity. It is to dock with the ZARYA module of the ISS at 20:15 UT on 2 March 2005. In anticipation of the docking, the earlier Progress-M51 was vacated from its port on 27 February at 16:06 UT to deorbit eventually after 10 days in free orbit.

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I.S.S. EXPEDITION 10 · PROGRESS M 51 & M 52 (CARGO SHIPS) · SOYUZ U