Progress M-24

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title: "Progress M-24" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spacecraft-launched-in-1994", "progress-(spacecraft)-missions", "spacecraft-which-reentered-in-1994"] description: "1994 Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft" topic_path: "general/spacecraft-launched-in-1994" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-24" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1994 Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft ::

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Field	Value
name	Progress M-24
image	Progress-M drawing.svg
image_caption	A Progress-M spacecraft
mission_type	Mir resupply
COSPAR_ID	1994-052A
SATCAT	23215
spacecraft_type	Progress-M 11F615A55
manufacturer	NPO Energia
launch_mass	7250 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-U
launch_site	Baikonur Site 1/5
disposal_type	Deorbited
decay_date	UTC
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
orbit_inclination	51.6 degrees
apsis	gee
docking_target	Mir
docking_type	dock
docking_port	Core Forward
docking_date	2 September 1994, 13:30:28 UTC
undocking_date	4 October 1994, 18:55:52 UTC
time_docked	32.2 days
programme	Progress (spacecraft)
previous_mission	Progress M-23
next_mission	Progress M-25
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| name = Progress M-24 | image = Progress-M drawing.svg | image_caption = A Progress-M spacecraft

| mission_type = Mir resupply | operator = | COSPAR_ID = 1994-052A | SATCAT = 23215 | mission_duration =

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M 11F615A55 | manufacturer = NPO Energia | dry_mass = | launch_mass = 7250 kg

| launch_date = UTC | launch_rocket = Soyuz-U | launch_site = Baikonur Site 1/5 | disposal_type = Deorbited | decay_date = UTC

| orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Low Earth | orbit_periapsis = | orbit_apoapsis = | orbit_inclination = 51.6 degrees | orbit_period = | apsis = gee

| docking = | docking_target = Mir | docking_type = dock | docking_port = Core Forward | docking_date = 2 September 1994, 13:30:28 UTC | undocking_date = 4 October 1994, 18:55:52 UTC | time_docked = 32.2 days

| cargo_mass = | cargo_mass_press = | cargo_mass_fuel = | cargo_mass_gas = | cargo_mass_water = | programme = Progress (spacecraft) | previous_mission = Progress M-23 | next_mission = Progress M-25 Progress M-24 () was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1994 to resupply the Mir space station; causing minor damage to the station as the result of a collision during a failed attempt to dock.

Spacecraft

The forty-second of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, M-24 used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, and had the serial number 224. It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-16 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. Amongst its cargo were two new spacesuits, three fire extinguishers, oxygen candles, and equipment to facilitate repairs to Mir's life support system.

Flight

Progress M-24 was launched at 14:25:12 UTC on 25 August 1994, atop a Soyuz-U carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Following two days of free flight, it approached the forward port of Mir's core module on 27 August, however an attempt to dock with the station failed. A second attempt was made on 30 August, however this also failed, with the Progress colliding with the space station. Following these failures of the automated docking system, a manual docking using TORU, under the control of cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, was performed at 13:30:28 on 2 September.

Progress M-24 undocked from Mir at 18:55:52 UTC on 4 October 1994, manoeuvring away from the station and beginning a deorbit burn at 21:44. The spacecraft was destroyed during reentry over the Pacific Ocean at 22:43:00.

References

References

1. "Progress M-24". US National Space Science Data Center.
2. Krebs, Gunter. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page.
3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
4. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
5. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-24"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts.
6. Wade, Mark. "Mir EO-16". Encyclopedia Astronautica.

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