This unmanned Russian cargo ship has aboard a space suit and various supplies, such as food, fuel, oxygen and other goodies, needed by the International Space Station and its crew of three: Russian Yuri Lonchakov, and Americans Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus. Progress M-66 orbit was attained without difficulty and ISS docking is expected to occur this coming Friday. A new space suit designed for space walks is also aboard, one manufactured in Russia, that is fully computerized. The ISS crew size will be doubled later this year to six. This was the first successful Soyuz launch of 2009.
Satnews Daily
February 10th, 2009
Progress Makes Its Way To ISS
This unmanned Russian cargo ship has aboard a space suit and various supplies, such as food, fuel, oxygen and other goodies, needed by the International Space Station and its crew of three: Russian Yuri Lonchakov, and Americans Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus. Progress M-66 orbit was attained without difficulty and ISS docking is expected to occur this coming Friday. A new space suit designed for space walks is also aboard, one manufactured in Russia, that is fully computerized. The ISS crew size will be doubled later this year to six. This was the first successful Soyuz launch of 2009.