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Progress M-17 was a Russian unmanned cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station. The thirty-fifth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration and had the serial number 217. In addition to delivering cargo Progress M-17 was also used to demonstrate extended duration Progress missions; remaining in orbit for almost a year with a docked phase lasting 132 days.