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Moscow (AFP) May 1, 2010 A Russian cargo spaceship on Saturday docked at the International Space Station, authorities said, three days after launching from Kazakhstan with supplies that included sweets and chocolate. The Progress M-05M docked manually at 1835 GMT after the automatic systems did not work, a Russian Mission Control Centre spokesman said in a report by the Interfax news agency. The space craft had carried about 2.6 tonnes of freight including water, food, medicines, fuel and "psychological support" that included sweets, caramels and chocolates for the station's international crew. It launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. Three Russian cosmonauts, two US astronauts and a Japanese crew member currently occupy the orbiting science laboratory.
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Russia To Send Freighter With Books And Candy To ISSMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 28, 2010 Russia will launch a cargo module to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 28, mission control said on Tuesday. It said the Progress M-05M freighter will lift off on a Soyuz-U rocket at 21:15 Moscow time from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan and is due to dock with the ISS at 23:35 Moscow time. Mission control said it will deliver over 2.5 tons of supplies, including ... read more |
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