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Cargo spaceship to undock from ISS, temporarily remain in orbit
Interfax. Thursday, Jul. 8, 2004, 3:42 PM Moscow Time

MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - A Progress M-49 cargo spaceship carrying refuse will be separated from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 30, but remain in orbit for a certain period of time. "The Progress will be undocked to give way to the next cargo spaceship carrying food and fuel for the station. The spaceship will be launched from the Baikonur spaceport on August 11," head of the mission control center's press service Valery Lyndin told Interfax. "The Progress M-49 cargo spaceship will be safely moved away from the ISS but it will not descend immediately. The ship will remain in orbit for a while," he said. The crew is also scheduled for a space walk on August 3, so the cargo spaceship has to be separated from the station, he said. The crew will install equipment, including laser deflectors on the ISS for docking the first European ATV cargo spaceship. This will be the second space walk of the ISS 9th expedition, which comprises Gennady Padalka (Russia) and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke