Cargo Craft Docks to Station After Short Trip

Cargo Craft Final Approach
The Russian Progress 70 cargo craft approaches the space station’s Pirs docking compartment.

Traveling about 250 miles over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, the unpiloted Russian Progress 70 cargo ship docked at 9:31 p.m. EDT to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

For more information about the current crew and the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station.

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