A Russian Progress resupply ship made a successful automated docking to the international space station today, linking up with the orbiting lab complex to deliver vital supplies.

The Progress M1-10 spacecraft was launched June 8 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, embarking on a three-day pursuit to catch with the station. The rendezvous profile was one day longer than usual to conserve fuel.

The Progress is carrying about 5,300 pounds of supplies for the station and crew -- Expedition 7 commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA science officer Ed Lu.

Docking to the station's Pirs module occurred at 1115 GMT (7:15 a.m. EDT) today while the two spacecraft flew over Asia. This is the 11th Progress cargo freighter to dock with the station.

Progress carries 360 liters of potable water, propellant for the station's thrusters, oxygen, food, parts for the atmospheric revitalization system, maintenance and repair hardware, clothing, hygienic supplies and payloads for the European Space Agency that will be conducted in October by astronaut Pedro Duque during a Soyuz taxi mission visit.

The freighter is slated to depart the station at the end of August after being filled with trash and unneeded material to burn up in the atmosphere. The Pirs docking module will be used by the next Progress expected arrive soon thereafter.

Meanwhile, the 10th Progress craft launched to the station remains docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module. It has been parked at the complex since early February. Plans call for the craft to will stay in place for the next several months to provide additional attitude control steering for the station by periodically firing its thrusters.

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