BY JUSTIN RAY

Follow the delivery of fresh supplies to the International Space Station by the Russian Progress M-47 cargo ship.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2003
1500 GMT (10:00 a.m. EST)

Flight controllers can confirm that hooks and latches have now engaged to firmly connect the new Progress craft to the space station docking port.

1455 GMT (9:55 a.m. EST)

NASA says the Expedition 6 crew will receive an audio feed of today's memorial service for the Columbia astronauts. The service is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST from Johnson Space Center in Houston, the home of NASA's Mission Control Center and the astronaut office.

The Expedition 6 crewmembers also plan to have their own private remembrance of the fallen shuttle astronauts. Details will remain private.

This is the 73rd consecutive day in space and 71st aboard the station for Bowersox, Pettit and Budarin.

1449 GMT (9:49 a.m. EST)

A fresh load of supplies has arrived at the International Space Station, enabling the three-man Expedition 6 crew to remain aboard the complex through late-June or early-July, if necessary. However, no firm decisions have been made concerning the crew's return to Earth or launch of the next resident crew.

The Progress M-47 made its automated docking to the station at 9:49 a.m. EST, one minute earlier than planned. No problems were reported during the final rendezvous or linkup. This was the tenth such supply ship delivered to the station over the past few years.

Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA Science Officer Don Pettit and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin are expected to float into the Progress later today. Their job of unloading the ton of equipment and cargo is scheduled to begin tomorrow.

1441 GMT (9:41 a.m. EST)

The Progress freighter is on final approach for docking to the station's Zvezda service module aft port. That docking port was vacated Saturday morning when the last Progress was discarded from the station. This new Progress was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday.

1420 GMT (9:20 a.m. EST)

Now 30 minutes away from the scheduled docking time for the tenth Progress cargo craft to the International Space Station. The supplies aboard the vessel will allow the station's current resident crew to remain living on the outpost until late-June or early-July, if required.

Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA Science Officer Don Pettit and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin had planned to return to Earth in mid-March during a crew exchange mission by space shuttle Atlantis. But with the shuttle fleet grounded, NASA and its international partners have not yet decided on a plan for launching a new crew.

The station is equipped with a Russian Soyuz capsule that serves as a lifeboat for the crew to return home if needed. A fresh Soyuz is due to launch at the end of April.

1400 GMT (9:00 a.m. EST)

The unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship remains on course for its automated docking to the International Space Station today. The linkup to the station's Zvezda service module is expected around 9:50 a.m. EST.

Progress M-47 is carrying food, supplies, equipment and propellant for the station and its resident crew.

If all goes well after the initial docking, hooks and latches will engage to form a tight seal between the Progress and the station port. A series of leak checks will follow. The crew should be able to open the hatchway to enter the cargo freighter by around 2 p.m. EST, NASA said. The work to unload the supplies is scheduled to begin tomorrow.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2003
1345 GMT (8:45 a.m. EST)

A day after the Columbia disaster, a freighter carrying cargo for the International Space Station was successfully launched from Central Asia aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket today, NASA has confirmed. Officials said the routine resupply mission would go forward as planned despite the shuttle accident. Read our full story.