Progress 26 arriving at the International Space Station

Progress docks to ISS

A Russian Progress cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, after being delayed by Hurricane Ike.

The ISS Progress 30 docked on time at 2:43 p.m. EDT Wednesday, to the aft docking port of the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module. Docking occurred one week after Progress launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The cargo ship brings more than 2 tons of supplies, including a new shipment of food and fuel, to Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX and Greg Chamitoff, Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ.

The next major ISS activity will be ESA's deorbiting of the "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle on September 29 followed by a Service Module engine reboost of the station on October 2 to set the stage for the launch of the Expedition 18/Spaceflight Participant crew on Oct. 12.

The Progress docking, originally set for Friday, Sept. 12, was postponed when space station mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston closed due to the approaching storm. The center is recovering and won't reopen until Monday, Sept. 22.

The International Space Station continues to be controlled by NASA flight controllers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.