Description : An improved version of cargo freighters used to supply the Mir space station, the Progress M series had greater cargo capacity, a modernized approach/docking system and carried 2 solar panels to generate electrical power. Progress M can fly for 30 days independently and 108 days docked with Mir. Spare propellent in Progress M`s tanks can be transferred to Mir before it is consigned to burn up in reentry. In the past, extra fuel was abandoned with the craft. Future Progress vehicles will carry a recoverable reentry capsule for the speedy return of up to 150 kg of material from Mir to earth.


Progress M-25 was launched from the Baykonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz-U rocket. The cargo ship carried more than 2 tons of supplies and a returnable Raduga capsule to bring back about 150 kg of experimental results from Mir.

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PROGRESS M25 #225 · MIR SUPPLIES · SOYUZ-U