Jan 22 1978
From The Space Library
FBIS reported that, according to Tass, the automatic cargo transport ship Progress I launched Jan. 20 had docked with the manned scientific complex Salyut 6/Soyuz 27 at 1:12pm Moscow time, first use of an automatic spaceship to supply fuel, equipment, and materials to a manned orbital station. The shipment would prolong considerably the functioning and effectiveness of manned orbital complexes. Linkup was to the docking gear in the instrumented compartment of the Salyut 6 station. The mutual search, rendezvous, tethering, and linkup was automatic, using onboard radio-technical and computing devices. To increase cargo capacity and cut transportation costs, the USSR had designed Progress 1 not to return to earth but to burn up on reentry. (FBIS, Tass in English, Jan 22/78)
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