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June 11, 2003 - Spanish Soyuz Mission Cervantes

An unmanned Progress M1-10 spacecraft was succesfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress spacecraft acts as a cargo supply vehicle for the ISS. The Progress M1-10’s cargo included a major component of the NANOSLAB experiment, which first flew on the flight of ESA astronaut Frank De Winne in November 2002 as part of the Belgian Odissea Mission. This Physical Science experiment has been modified for the Spanish Soyuz Mission. Another experiment, which had major constituents taken to the ISS by the Progress M1-10 was PROMISS-2. This experiment aims to understand the fundamental processes which underly protein crystallization.

Progress M1.10. Credits: Official Website of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia