Station Crew Prepares for Progress, Looks Ahead to STS-135

A new Progress resupply vehicle launched Tuesday from Kazakhstan and will dock to Zvezda Thursday morning. The Progress 43 replaces Europe?s Automated Transfer Vehicle ?Johannes Kepler? (ATV-2).

The ATV-2 undocked Monday and fired its deorbit engines for the last time Tuesday afternoon. Loaded with trash and discarded gear, the ATV-2 entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean for a fiery destruction.

As Expedition 28 awaits the new resupply vehicle, it continues international sc [...]

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