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Yet another launch to watch!

goldenpeach

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Nibb31

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More likely there's no real reason to have a fast approach on an unmanned ship. Progress is solar-powered and I'm assuming has multi-week endurance on its own, so it doesn't really matter if it takes two days to reach the station. On the other hand, astronauts don't want to be cooped up in a Soyuz for two days.

Actually, the one-day approach is much harder on the astronauts. They have to basically do the same amount of work in 1 day as they would normally do in 3 days. From pre-launch activities to docking, that's a very long and stressful day.

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