A Russian Progress M-MIM2 cargo spaceship has
successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, said the Mission
Control Center outside Moscow.
At around 6:41 p.m. Moscow time (1541 GMT), the freighter docked with the Zvezda service module of the ISS in automatic mode, said the center.
The freighter has brought to the space station Russia's fourth scientific module Poisk
(Exploration), as well as some 850 kg of food, water, oxygen and equipment for the ISS crew members.
A Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the cargo spaceship atop blasted off at 5:22 p.m. Moscow
time (1422 GMT) on Tuesday from the Baikonur launch pad, which Russia leases from Kazakhstan.