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24.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
 Progress
M-57 transport cargo vehicle was launched to the International
Space Station from Baikonur launch site at 19:08 Moscow
summer time.
It carries about 2.6 tones of various cargo, including scientific hardware and
equipment to perform onboard activities under Russian and foreign partners’ programs.
PRESS-RELEASE
22.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
 At
5:00 a.m. Moscow Time, the transporter with the Soyuz-U
launch vehicle and the Progress M-57 spacecraft left the
Assembly and Testing Facility and arrived to the launch
pad for the final pre-launch processing. The Soyuz-U - Progress
M-57 system was erected on the launcher.
 Photo-report
21.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The orbital module was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch
vehicle in the processing facility.
Photo-report
A meeting of the Governmental Commission and the Technical Management
was held where a decision was made to roll out the launch vehicle carrying
Progress M-57 to the launch pad.
Photo-report
20.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-57 spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
Photo-report
19.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
 Designers
inspection of the Progress M-57 cargo vehicle was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed.
Photo-report
18.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Progress M-57 transport cargo vehicle was docked with the
transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing
Facility.
Photo-report
16.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Progress M-57 transport cargo vehicle was delivered to Assembly
and Test Building for SC to conduct final prelaunch operations
after being filled with the propellant and compressed gases.
Photo-report
14.06.2006 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The Technical Management meeting which made a decision to fuel Progress M-57
cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases.
Progress M-57 cargo vehicle balancing and weighing was completed.
Photo-report
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