OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . about the launch of transport cargo vehicle Progress M-52 . to the International Space Station . ... The vehicles of this type are developed at RSC Energia, and operated since 1978. ... The vehicle and ISS Russian Segment flight is under control of the Lead Operational Control Team (LOCT) located in the Mission Control Center in Moscow (MCC-M), Korolev, Moscow area (Flight Director is V.A. Soloviev, S.P. Korolev RSC Energia Deputy General Designer, pilot-cosmonaut). ...