Yesterday s ISS resupply mission broke

an incredible record
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A resupply mission for the International Space Station, Progress MS-11, took off yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,
eventually docking with the space station and providing its inhabitants with over 5,400 pounds of supplies. In many ways it was exactly like
the countless resupply missions carried out before it, but in one way it was very special.

The mission, which was carried out by Russian space agency Roscosmos, took just three hours and 21 minutes to go from Earth to a
successful docking with the ISS. That’s incredibly fast, and it’s actually now the fastest trip to the International Space Station ever, beating
out the previous record (also set by a Progress resupply spacecraft) by a solid 19 minutes.

The feat was enough for NASA’s ISS residents to take notice, with astronaut Nick Hague hailing the accomplishment as “impressive.”

Inside the International Space Station [Photo Services]

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite that is the largest structure humans have ever put into space. Revolving
around the Earth at an average altitude of 248 miles (400 kilometers), it’s made up of several modules, with the first component launched
into orbit in 1998. Let’s take a look at the inside and outside of the magnificent ISS.

(Pictured) ISS, seen with the Earth as the backdrop, shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the orbital outpost on Sept. 17,
2006, after completing six days of joint operations with the station crew.

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NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first spacewalk on April 9, 2010, as construction
and maintenance continue on ISS.

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This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the ISS, from approximately 240 miles above the Earth. A
total of 18 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create the composite.

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo of an aurora from the ISS on June 23, 2015.

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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, watches a water bubble float freely between him and the camera, showing his
image refracted, in the Unity node of the ISS on July 30, 2015.

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Photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member, the image shows how it looks like inside the space station while the crew is asleep. The
dots near the hatch point to a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station in case the crew was to encounter an emergency. This view is looking
into the Destiny Laboratory from Node 1 (Unity) with Node 2 (Harmony) in the background. Destiny is the primary research laboratory for
U.S. payloads, supporting a wide range of experiments and studies.

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Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) took this photograph on April 6, 2016, as the ISS flew over
Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft currently docked to the station. Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft (L) was bolted into place
on the Earth-facing port of the station's Unity module on March 26, 2016.

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Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft (L) is seen from the Cupola module windows on Oct. 23, 2016. The main robotic work station for
controlling the Canadarm2 robotic arm is located inside the Cupola and was used to capture Cygnus upon its arrival.

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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, pictured near food packages floating freely in the Unity node on June 24,
2013.

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Parmitano strikes a pose as he floats freely in the Kibo laboratory on July 17, 2013.

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At the robotics workstation in the ISS’ Cupola, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in an onboard
training activity in preparation for docking of the Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4).

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Parmitano plays a guitar in the Unity node on Aug. 24, 2013, as Russian cosmonaut and flight engineer Alexander Misurkin looks on.

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NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, poses for a photo while floating freely in the Kibo laboratory on Sept. 9, 2013.

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The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), in the grasp of the Kibo laboratory robotic arm, is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew
member on the ISS as it deploys a set of NanoRacks CubeSats on Feb. 11, 2014. The CubeSats program contains a variety of experiments
such as Earth observations and advanced electronics testing.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts watches the sunrise on Earth on Nov. 26, 2014, as he looks through the cupola window while checking the
"dosimeter." The cupola allows the crew 360 degree vision around the station for both photos and operating the Canada arm to pull
spacecraft up to the station ports.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photograph from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)
window on the ISS on Dec. 6, 2015.

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Newly arrived Expedition 48 crew members, (L-R) Takuya Onishi of JAXA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA,
adjust to station life on July 9, 2016.

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NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson floats through the Unity module on Nov. 28, 2016.

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The crews of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the ISS successfully installed the U.S. Destiny Laboratory onto the station on Feb. 10, 2001. In this
photo, Destiny is moved by the shuttle's remote manipulator system robot arm from its stowage position in the cargo bay of Atlantis.

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the sun during a spacewalk along with JAXA astronaut
Aki Hoshide (visible in the reflection on Williams' helmet visor).

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NASA astronaut and mission specialist Stephen K. Robinson is anchored to a foot restraint on the ISS' Canadarm2 robotic arm during his
space walk on Aug. 3, 2005.

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 41 flight engineer, uses a camera to take a photo of his helmet visor during a session of
extravehicular activity outside the ISS on Oct. 7, 2014.

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NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter floats near the windows in the cupola while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station on
April 12, 2010.

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014.

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A picture of the ISS, taken by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking on Oct. 4, 2018.

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Getting from Earth to the International Space Station requires the resupply spacecraft to make multiple orbits of Earth, but the number of
times it completes the orbit can differ. For a while, resupply ships made dozens of orbits before catching up with the ISS, but that all changed
relatively recently with “fast-track” launches that allow the ship to catch the ISS in just two rotations.

This change dramatically shortens the time it takes for supplies to make it to the ISS, saving Roscosmos time and expediting the delivery of
things like food, water, and oxygen. The Progress MS-11 resupply mission delivered all that and more, and did it with a record-breaking
flight time.

Ensuring that resupply missions operate as efficiently as possible is something that Russia and NASA have been working on for a while now,
and we’re just starting to see the fruits of that labor with speedier missions. Going forward, it’s not clear if there’s much more room to shave
time off, but you can bet Roscosmos will try

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