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Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Skvortsov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
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Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Skvortsov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
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