Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Russian Cargo Ship Arrives at Station

The ISS Progress 41 cargo craft docked to the station?s Pirs docking compartment Saturday at 9:39 p.m. EST. The Progress is carrying 1,918 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen, 926 pounds of water and 3,080 pounds of spare parts and supplies to the station.

The unpiloted Progress vehicle performed the automated docking using its onboard Kurs automated rendezvous system. Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka monitored the cargo craft?s arrival inside the Zvezda servi [...]





Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/news/art24821/russian-cargo-ship-arrives-at-station.html

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