M-06M spacecraft successfully assembled with ISS

The 6th improved transport spacecraft "Progress M-06M" successfully assembled in automatic mode with the International Space Station (ISS) at 20:17 (Moscow time) on July 4.

This is the second time the "Progress M-06M" ship has been paired with ISS, after the first unsuccessful assembly on July 2.

The spokesperson for the Russian Space Flight Control Center said the first attempt at automatic assembly on July 2 failed because the ship's assembly system did not work and the ship passed by. ISS.

According to Deputy General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Vitaly Davydov, the cause of the assembly system is not working due to unstable communication in the ultra-short wave area with one of the manual assembly systems. ships and stations.

The "Progress M-06M" ship carries more than 2.6 tons of goods including food, water, fuel and equipment as well as gifts for astronauts on ISS, launched into orbit on 30 / 6 last from Baiconua space airport (Kazakhstan) ./.