Descripción : New cover type, Baykonur. Docking to Salyut. Unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1978 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. It was the maiden flight of the Progress spacecraft, and used the Progress 7K-TG configuration. It carried supplies for the EO-1 crew aboard Salyut 6, which consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko. The cargo carried by Progress 1 also included equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station`s orbit and performing manoeuvres.

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PROGRESS 1 N102 · SALYUT 6 SUPPLIES, UNMANNED · SOYUZ-U