International Space Station Program officials from NASA and Roscosmos met Saturday morning and agreed to proceed toward a second docking attempt for the ISS Progress 38 cargo ship on Sunday, July 4, at approximately 12:10 p.m. EDT. They will meet again Sunday morning to reconfirm the status of the space station and spacecraft systems. NASA TV coverage of the second docking attempt for the Progress 38 cargo ship to the station will begin Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

The Progress 38 conducted two successful firings of its engines Friday night to put the craft in a parking orbit around 300 kilometers from the space station. Another engine firing is being conducted Saturday morning to start the process of returning the spacecraft back to the station for Sunday's docking attempt.

An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station has failed in a docking attempt, Russian Mission Control and Nasa said.

The Progress space capsule is carrying more than two tons of food, water and other supplies for the orbiting laboratory. Three Russian and three US astronauts comprise the current crew.

None of the supplies were deemed necessary for the station's immediate survival and the outpost is well supplied, said Nasa flight commentator Rob Navias.

The spokesman for Russian Mission Control outside Moscow, Valery Lyndin, said only that the failure was due to an unspecified technical problem. Nasa said the failure was due to an antenna problem.