Freighter docks with space station despite antenna glitch

Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Progress M-19M space freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) despite having failed to deploy one of its navigation antennas, Mission Control said. It docked with the ISS Zvezda module in automatic mode Continue reading

Russia to attempt space-station re-docking

The unmanned Russian supply ship Progress 47 failed to re-dock at the International Space Station during a docking system test on July 23, 2012. Credit: NASA MOSCOW, July 25 (UPI) — After an initial failure, another attempt to re-dock a Russian space freighter to the International Space Station will be made Sunday, officials said Continue reading