Russian space craft reaches International Space Station

by Rich Bowden - May 19 2008, 00:06

The Russian cargo space craft Progress M-64 successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) delivering food, water and other essential supplies over the weekend. The craft is the 29th such cargo mission.

The unmanned Russian cargo craft Progress has docked sucessfully at the International Space Station. Image: Progress approaching the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV

The unmanned craft had been launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and completed the successful engagement with the ISS on Friday 5:39 p.m. EDT."Okay, guys! Congratulations with the successful docking!" Russia's Mission Control radioed the station's three-man crew and the docking was described by NASA spokesman Rob Navias as a "...A flawless docking of the newest resupply ship to the international space station."Loaded with 4,657 pounds of supplies, the "dry" cargo amounts to 2,850 pounds in the form of spare parts, life support gear and equipment hardware, reports Spaceflight Now.NASA's next space shuttle Discovery is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral on May 31, carrying the next section of the Japanese "Kibo" space laboratory.One U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are currently living at the space station, they monitored the arrival of the Progress craft.

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