Vital Russian cargo ship reaches the Space Station
After two failed attempts in a row, the International Space Station is once again getting fresh supplies. Russia’s Progress 60 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked, bringing with it important batches of equipment, food and fuel. While the station already had enough supplies to hold out until October, the arrival is a huge relief — the string of disasters (including the Orbital Sciences explosion last year) was spurring talk of returning the crew to Earth if things got much worse. And this isn’t the only resupply mission this summer, either. Japan’s H-2 craft should launch on August 16th, so the ISS may resume some semblance of normalcy before long.
[Image credit: NASA TV]
Filed under: Transportation, Science
Via: Space.com
Source: NASA, Federal Space Agency (translated)
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