Progress MS-23 is derived from the crewed Soyuz spacecraft and launches on the same launch vehicle, a Soyuz rocket.
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12 Facts About Progress MS-23
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Progress MS-23 has supported space stations as early as Salyut 6 and as recently as the International Space Station .
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Progress MS-23 was developed because of the need for a constant source of supplies to make long duration space missions possible.
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Progress MS-23 1 launched on 20 January 1978 aboard the same rocket used to launch the Soyuz.
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Progress MS-23 always docked to the aft port of the station it was resupplying .
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The first 43 flights all went to Mir; following Mir's re-entry, Progress MS-23 was used as the resupply vehicle for the International Space Station.
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Progress MS-23 M is essentially the same spacecraft as the Progress MS-23, but it features improvements based on the Soyuz-T and Soyuz-TM designs.
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Progress MS-23 M-27M was launched on 28 April 2015, but communication with the vessel was lost soon after, and it was destroyed as it re-entered the atmosphere on 8 May 2015.
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Progress MS-23 M1 is another variant, capable of carrying more propellant to the space station.
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Progress MS-23 M2 was a planned variant, which was a proposed design for the proposed Mir-2 space station, but was dropped due to financial issues.
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Progress MS-23 MS is an improved variant which first launched on 21 December 2015.
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Progress MS-23 spacecraft are used to resupply the International Space Station as of 2021.
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