Post date: Jan 28, 2012 1:20:4 PM
The unmanned Progress 46 spacecraft approaches and docks with the International Space Station, on a mission to deliver supplies.
IN SPACE (JANUARY 28, 2012) (NASA TV) - An unmanned Russian spacecraft delivered supplies to astronauts on the International Space Station on Saturday (January 28).
The Progress resupply vehicle delivered nearly two tons of food, fuel and other supplies to crew members in orbit.
A camera affixed to the space station recorded the spacecraft's successful approach and docking.
The Progress vehicle is a version of the Soyuz spacecraft.
Since the U.S. mothballed its shuttle program this summer, Russia's Soyuz capsules are the only ships capable of flying crews to the station, a service that costs NASA about $350 million a year.