Ground controllers used backup

Ground controllers used backup thrusters on the Progress resupply vehicle docked to the International Space Station to raise the station to a circular 219-mi. orbit, setting it up for the Progress docking in December. The Manifold 2 thrusters on Progress 19 fired for 33 min. in two maneuvers, the...

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