Progress M1-3, identified by NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

 as Progress 1 or 1P, was the first Progress spacecraft to visit the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

. It was a Progress-M1

Progress-M1

Progress-M1 , also known as Progress 7K-TGM1, is a Russian spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, derived from the Progress-M, but modified to carry more propellent for refuelling the space station instead of other cargoes such as water...

 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number

Serial number

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 251.

Progress M1-3 was launched by a Soyuz-U

Soyuz-U

The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 carrier rocket from Site 1/5

Gagarin's Start

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 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...

. Launch occurred at 16:26:42 GMT on 6 August 2000. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:12:56 GMT on 8 August. It remained docked for three months before undocking at 04:04:49 GMT on 1 November to make way for Soyuz TM-31

Soyuz TM-31

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station . Launched near the end of 2000 the Soyuz-TM spacecraft brought to ISS Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew...

. It was deorbited at 07:05:00 GMT on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 07:53:20 GMT.

Progress M1-3 carried supplies to the International Space Station. It was unloaded during the Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle

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 missions STS-106

STS-106

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 and STS-92

STS-92

STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle...

, as the ISS did not yet have a permanent crew. The Expedition 1

Expedition 1

Expedition 1, or Expedition One, was the first long-duration stay on the International Space Station . The three-person crew stayed aboard the station for 136 days, from November 2000 to March 2001. It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the station which still continues, as of...

crew arrived the day after Progress M1-3 departed the Station, using the docking port that it had vacated.