Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006, 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
Russia launched an unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday. The Soyuz rocket, carrying the Progress M-57 spacecraft (called Progress 22 by NASA) lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:08 am EDT (1508 GMT) Saturday. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS at around 12:30 pm EDT (1630 GMT) Monday. The spacecraft is carrying approximately 2.5 tons of food, water, propellant, and other supplies for the ISS and its Expedition 13 crew.
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