Progress M-57


Progress M-57, identified by NASA as Progress 22P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 357.

Launch

Progress M-57 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 15:08:18 UTC on 24 June 2006.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 16:25 UTC on 26 June. It remained docked for 204 days before undocking at 23:23:52 UTC on 16 January 2007 to make way for Progress M-59. It was deorbited at 02:29 UTC on 17 January 2007. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 03:15:20 UTC.
Progress M-57 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.