Cargo craft docks with space station

[October 19, 2009]  MOSCOW (AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.

Russia's space agency says the unmanned Progress M-03M docked with the orbital station Sunday after a three-day trip up from Earth.

Care packages for members of the multinational six-person crew were one part of the delivery vehicle's 2.4-metric-ton (2.65 US ton) cargo.

The space station is orbiting about 225 miles (360 kilometers) above Earth. Its current crew includes two Russians, two Americans, a Canadian and a Belgian.

Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte returned to Earth a week ago after a stint as the seventh paying space tourist aboard the station.

[Associated Press]

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