Progress 10 resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station today 4 Febr. Two days after it was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The cargo ship linked up to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 8:49 a.m. CST (1449 GMT) following a flawless automated approach to the complex. The Progress is carrying a ton of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 6 crew on board the ISS. At the time of docking, the ISS was flying 240 statute miles over central Asia.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

The following is a statement from retired Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr., who chairs the independent Space Shuttle Accident Investigation Board. Admiral Gehman toured the recovery area today with other members of the investigative panel.

Only to post this beautiful ODE.

Gerry N9OEW sent it to the Forum and we think this is the place to share the poetry:

ODE TO STS-107

Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin

and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit are waiting for the arrival of

the Progress cargo ship, which is en route to the International Space

Station.

NASA engineers continued to review data and recover debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the analysis of what caused the orbiter to break up Saturday en route to landing continued.

Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told an afternoon briefing that several teams of engineers are making progress.....

Mario VA2VA sent us this link:

From the ARRL Site