Progress 42
| A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1990-041A | 
| SATCAT no. | 20602 | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.150) | 
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG | 
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 May 1990, 20:44:01 UTC | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 | 
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | 
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited | 
| Decay date | 27 May 1990, 11:40:00 UTC | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 188 km | 
| Apogee altitude | 243 km | 
| Inclination | 51.6° | 
| Period | 88.8 minutes | 
| Epoch | 5 May 1990 | 
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft | 
| Docking date | 7 May 1990, 22:45:03 UTC | 
| Undocking date | 27 May 1990, 07:08:58 UTC | 
Progress 42 (Russian: Прогресс 42) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1990 to resupply the Mir space station.