Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 August 2004.[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August 2004.[2][3]
It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004.[2] to make way for Progress M-51.[4] It was deorbited at 22:32:06 UTC on 22 December 2004.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 UTC.[2][5]
Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).