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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Russian Suply Ship Docks with ISS

The Russian cargo ship, Progress, has docked with the International Space Station after a failed attempt on the 23. The first endouver of the unmanned ship to dock failled because of problems with the new docking system. Progress was sent to pick up the garbage, then be sent to burn up in the atmosphere. The new docking system named Kurs-Na is automatic, and acordding to the russians this new system is the work of years of research, and  is said to be saffer and accurate. There are 6 astronauts in the ISS now Malachenko, Padalka and Revin from Russia, Williams and Acaba from US and the Japanese Hoshide.

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