OREANDA-NEWS. May 7, 2009. Russian cargo supply vehicle Progress M-66 successfully undocked from the International Space Station at 19:18 Moscow time following ground command, MCC informs.

Progress M-66 is to be deorbited on May 18 over the Pacific ocean.  Plazma-Progress geophysical experiment will be carried out within this week. The experiment is devoted to studying spatio- temporal parameters of the plasma density in the Progress external environment; the plasma is generated by the operations of the Progress liquid-propellant thrusters.