[sarex] Read about the Progress 25 launch

[Arthur Rowe]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468


	*Cargo Craft Launches to Station on Friday*

iss012e13575 -- A Progress cargo craft prepares to dock to the station 
Image above: A Progress resupply spacecraft approaches the International 
Space Station preparing to dock on Dec. 23, 2005. Image credit: NASA

TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

A Russian cargo craft, the ISS Progress 25, will launch from the 
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:25 p.m. EDT Friday. The 
unpiloted cargo carrier is delivering propellant, air, water and 
equipment to the International Space Station. Progress 25 is scheduled 
to dock at the station Tuesday about 1:10 a.m.

+ Read about the Progress 25 launch 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_progress25_launch.html> 


Wednesday, May 9, is “Victory Day” – a Russian holiday. In celebration 
of Russia's victory over Germany in World War II, the Expedition 15 crew 
members had an off-duty day.

+ Read more about Expedition 15 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html>
+ View Crew's Daily Timelines 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>
+ View Expedition 14 landing images 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.html>