Article Posted on : - Jul 05, 2010

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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.