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Progress Cargo Craft to Arrive at Station This Week


An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space
Station. Credit: NASA

Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 12 crewmembers are
awaiting the arrival of the next Progress supply ship, which will bring to
the station supplies of food, fuel, water and air, as well as holiday gifts
for the crew. ISS Progress 20, set to launch Wednesday at 1:38 p.m. EST from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, is scheduled to dock with the space
station on Friday at 2:55 p.m.


This week Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery
Tokarev conducted an inspection of the windows in the Russian segment of the
station, powered up and tested the Human Research Facility's computers, and
replaced a volatile gas analyzer in the U.S. segment's environmental system.

To contrast with their American-styled Thanksgiving dinner, the Expedition
12 crewmembers are looking forward to a Russian-themed Christmas dinner
consisting of borsch, rye bread, and other traditional Russian fare.

Engineers on the ground are studying the cause and impacts of a severed
cable on an umbilical system of the station's Mobile Transporter. Another
umbilical system assembly will need to be brought to the station to replace
the severed cable in a future spacewalk.


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