Expedition 13 prepares for Progress visit

The 21st Progress to visit the station launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:03 p.m. EDT Monday.
The new cargo craft is scheduled to dock with the space station at 1:40 p.m. today (Wednesday).

Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams KD5TVQ are readying the International Space Station for the arrival of two and a half tons of food, supplies and equipment.

NASA TV will provide live coverage of the docking beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur KC5ACR and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev remain in Star City, Russia, near Moscow.

They are undergoing debriefing and physical rehabilitation after almost 190 days in space before their April 8 landing in Kazakhstan. With them is Marcos Pontes, Brazil's first astronaut. He launched with Expedition 13 and returned with Expedition 12 after performing a series of scientific experiments.

Expedition 12 is scheduled to return to NASA's Johnson Space Center later this month.

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