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[b]Russian cargo craft launches to station[/b] Russia's Progress M-26M freighter launched for the International Space Station on Tuesday (Feb. 17) at 5 a.m. CST (1100 GMT or 5 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Less than 10 minutes later, the cargo spacecraft reached its preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. At the time of launch, the space station was traveling over southern Russia near the Mongolian border. The Progress is scheduled to rendezvous with the space station at 10:58 a.m. CST (1658 GMT). Progress M-26M is carrying more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the station including 1,940 pounds (880 kilograms) of propellant, 110 pounds (50 kg) of oxygen, 926 pounds (420 kg) of water and 3,333 pounds (1,512 kg) of spare parts and experiment hardware.
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