On October 30, 2010 at 16:35 UTC the Progress M-08M unmanned supply spacecraft docked with the ISS. The space vehicle is attached to the "Pirs” module now.  Photo NASA
At first the rendezvous sequence was performed in automatic regime. Then, in according to the decision of Mission Control Center, the rendezvous sequence was switched to manual mode at the distance of 194 meters from the station. Controlled by Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, the vehicle docked to the station smoothly.
Progress M-08M delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo to the station, including propellant, food and water, personal crew parcels, scientific hardware for numerous Russian experiments. Attachments: |
