Moscow - An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked successfully on Sunday at the International Space Station (ISS) on its second attempt after missing it on Friday due to a faulty radio link, a Russian space official said.
"The Progress cargo vessel docked at 16h17 GMT. Everything went smoothly," Mission Control spokesperson Valery Lyndin said.
The glitch on Friday occurred minutes before docking and the Progress M-06M - carrying 2.5 tons of cargo including fuel, food, water, equipment and spare parts for life-support gear - floated past the station at a safe distance of about 3km.
The ship is the 38th Progress vehicle sent to the orbiting space station, a $100-billion project of 16 nations.
The station's crew includes commander Alexander Skvortsov, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Korniyenko and Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Nasa astronauts Doug Wheelock, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Shannon Walker. - Reuters