Oct 30, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-366

NASA STATEMENT ON SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN PROGRESS LAUNCH

Successful Launch Sets Stage for Soyuz Flight

WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday's launch of the Progress 45 spacecraft to the International Space Station The rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:11 a m EDT (4:11 p m Baikonur local time)

"We congratulate our Russian colleagues on Sunday's successful launch of ISS Progress 45, and the spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station Pending the outcome of a series of flight readiness meetings in the coming weeks, this successful flight sets the stage for the next Soyuz launch, planned for mid-November The December Soyuz mission will restore the space station crew size to six and continue normal crew rotations "

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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