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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.
Robert Pearlman
Progress M-26M docks to space station
Traveling about 257 miles (414 kilometers) above the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico, the Progress M-26M Russian cargo ship docked at 10:57 a.m. CST (1657 GMT) to the rear port of the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station.
The unmanned craft is delivering three tons of food, fuel, supplies and experiment hardware to the six crew members aboard the orbital laboratory.
Progress M-26M is scheduled to remain docked to the space station until August.
Robert Pearlman
Progress M-26M departs space station
The Progress M-25M (58P) freighter undocked from the International Space Station early Friday morning (Aug. 14) at 5:19 a.m. CDT (1019 GMT) while the craft were flying 250 miles over northwestern China.
The Progress then moved away from the orbiting laboratory to await Russian flight engineers commanding it to reenter Earth's atmosphere later on Friday morning.
The departure clears the Zvezda service module's docking port for the relocation of Soyuz TMA-16M, scheduled for Aug. 28. Gennady Padalka, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will move their spacecraft from the Poisk module to Zvedzda. The relocation supports the arrival of the next Soyuz to the station on Sept. 2.
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