Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005, 8:35 PM ET (0135 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday, two days after launch. The Progress M-52 spacecraft (called mission 17P by NASA) docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the ISS at 2:10 pm EST (1910 GMT) Wednesday. The automated docking took place as planned. The Progress, launched on a Soyuz from Baikonur on Monday, is carrying more than two tons of food, water, propellant, and other supplies and equipment for the two-man ISS crew.
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday, two days after launch. The Progress M-52 spacecraft (called mission 17P by NASA) docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the ISS at 2:10 pm EST (1910 GMT) Wednesday. The automated docking took place as planned. The Progress, launched on a Soyuz from Baikonur on Monday, is carrying more than two tons of food, water, propellant, and other supplies and equipment for the two-man ISS crew.
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