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Friday, July 2, 2010

Resupply vessel fails to dock with space station - CNN.com

Resupply vessel fails to dock with space station

By the CNN Wire Staff
July 2, 2010 2:40 p.m. EDT

The Progress cargo vessel was scheduled to dock with the International Space Station, pictured here.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- An unmanned cargo spacecraft failed to dock as scheduled Friday with the International Space Station, a NASA spokeswoman said.

The Progress cargo vessel, a resupply craft, was trying to dock with the space station when a technical problem occurred about 20 minutes before the scheduled docking time, said Lynette Madison, the spokeswoman.

The vessel flew about two miles past the space station.

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