Russian Cargo Ship Casts Off from Space Station

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MOSCOW (Interfax-AVN) — The Russian cargospacecraft Progress M-62 left the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.

"Theundocking of the Progress spacecraft M-62 proceeded without accidents,"Flight Control in Korolyov, Moscow region, told Interfax.

Beforeundocking, the ISS crew including Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASAastronauts Peggy Whitson and Daniel Tani loaded the spacecraft with waste andused equipment, while stripping the craft of all expensive equipment that willbe taken to Earth either on the U.S. shuttle or on Russian's piloted spacecraftSoyuz.

"ProgressM-62 has made out space for the next spacecraft to be launched from Baikonur onFebruary 5, at 4 p.m. Moscow time.

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