Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft carrying cargo for the International Space Station docked with the orbiting outpost on Monday. The Progress M-57 spacecraft (called Progress 22 by NASA) docked with the Pirs module of the ISS at 12:25 pm EDT (1625 GMT) Monday. The spacecraft, which had been launched from Baikonur on Saturday, carries approximately 2.5 tons of food, water, propellant, and other supplies for the ISS and its Expedition 13 crew. The two-man crew on the station will start unloading the spacecraft today.
A Progress spacecraft carrying cargo for the International Space Station docked with the orbiting outpost on Monday. The Progress M-57 spacecraft (called Progress 22 by NASA) docked with the Pirs module of the ISS at 12:25 pm EDT (1625 GMT) Monday. The spacecraft, which had been launched from Baikonur on Saturday, carries approximately 2.5 tons of food, water, propellant, and other supplies for the ISS and its Expedition 13 crew. The two-man crew on the station will start unloading the spacecraft today.
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