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Progress transport ship has docked with ISS

At 17:34 Moscow time, Progress M-17M moored at the Zvezda docking module in automatic mode

KOROLEV, October 31 (Itar-Tass) — The Russian transport ship Progress has docked with the International Space Stan (ISS).

“At 17:34 Moscow time, Progress M-17M moored at the Zvezda docking module in automatic mode,” the Mission Control Centre told Itar-Tass on Wednesday, October 31.

The ship brought over 2.5 tonnes of supply, including food, water, sanitary and hygienic means, fuel, equipment and presents for the crew.

The current ISS crew consists of Oleg Novitsky, Yevgeny Tarelkin and Yuri Malenchenko of Russia, Sunita Williams and Kevin Ford of NASA, and Akihiko Hoshide of Japan.