Soyuz spaceship docks at ISS after delay
The spaceship carrying the Progress M-06M freighter has docked at the Star module of the ISS two days after an earlier attempt had failed.
Caption: A file photo
MOSCOW (AFP): An unmanned Russian resupply vessel docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, two days after an earlier attempt failed, the Russian and US space flight control centres said.
“At 20:17 pm Moscow time (1617 GMT), the 'Progress M-06M' docked at the 'Star' module of the ISS,” the Russian Mission Control Centre said in an Internet statement.
“The docking was executed flawlessly by Progress' Kurs automated rendezvous system,” said the US space agency, NASA.
The Progress M-06M cargo ship, launched on June 30, is carrying 2.6 tonnes of fuel, food and water for the six astronauts on the station.
On Friday it failed to dock at the ISS as planned after flying past the facility in a rare mishap.
“At 20:17 pm Moscow time (1617 GMT), the 'Progress M-06M' docked at the 'Star' module of the ISS,” the Russian Mission Control Centre said in an Internet statement.
“The docking was executed flawlessly by Progress' Kurs automated rendezvous system,” said the US space agency, NASA.
The Progress M-06M cargo ship, launched on June 30, is carrying 2.6 tonnes of fuel, food and water for the six astronauts on the station.
On Friday it failed to dock at the ISS as planned after flying past the facility in a rare mishap.
