Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 30 resupply craft launched on Sept. 10, 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 17 crewmembers aboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port on Sept. 17.
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Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 30 resupply craft launched on Sept. 10, 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 17 crewmembers aboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port on Sept. 17.