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An unmanned Russian cargo vessel successfullydocked with the International Space Station Sunday morning, breaking a string of failedattempts to resupply the station.
俄罗斯的“进步M-28M”号无人货运飞船星期天早晨与国际空间站成功对接。之前向空间站运送物资的俄罗斯“进步号”飞船和美国“龙”飞船先后发生事故。
The Progress delivered more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the orbiting outpost.
“进步M-28M”号这次向空间站运送了三吨多食物、燃料和物资。
Officials said although the previous supply launches had failed, the ISS was not in immediatedanger of running out of supplies.
有关官员说，虽然之前的运送失败，但空间站并未出现物资短缺。
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Pakalka and Mikhail Kornienko arecurrently living and working on the ISS.
目前空间站里有三名宇航员，他们是美国宇航员斯科特克里，俄罗斯宇航员帕达尔卡和科尔尼延科。
Three more astronauts are scheduled to join them later this month.
7月晚些时候将有另外三名宇航员前往空间站。