--- description: A resupply spacecraft docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering long-awaited supplies to the crew. title: Resupply Ship Reaches International Space Station After String of Failed Attempts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025aa29aefd222e9/69885990428a9e8e44cce03b/progress-60-iss.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [space travel](/tag/space-travel/) ## space travel Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Resupply Ship Reaches International Space Station After String of Failed Attempts  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 2:03 PM CUT  NASA  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 2:03 PM CUT A Russian resupply spacecraft docked on Sunday at the International Space Station (ISS), delivering long-awaited supplies to the crew after a string of failed attempts. The unmanned Progress 60 cargo craft docked at 3:11 a.m. E.T. after taking off two days earlier from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA said in a [statement.](http://www.nasa.gov/mission%5Fpages/station/main/index.html "undefined") The spacecraft was carrying 106 pounds of oxygen, 926 pounds of water, 1,940 pounds of propellant and 3,133 pounds of spare parts. “Feels like Christmas in July,” the [astronauts reported](https://twitter.com/Space%5FStation/status/617591950259040256 "undefined"), though the crew had enough supplies to live and work safely aboard the ISS until October. The success of Progress 60 came after a series of failed resupply attempts, including [the explosion of an unmanned SpaceX rocket](http://time.com/3939217/spacex-rocket-explosion-setback/ "undefined") in late June and [the burn-up of another Russian resupply spacecraft](http://time.com/3839855/russian-supply-rocket-spinning/ "undefined") in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945910/iss-resupply-spacecraft/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945910/iss-resupply-spacecraft/"},"headline":"Resupply Ship Reaches International Space Station After String of Failed Attempts","datePublished":"2015-07-05T14:03:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:58:03.324Z","description":"\"Feels like Christmas in July,\" the astronauts said","url":"https://time.com/3945910/iss-resupply-spacecraft/","keywords":["space travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025aa29aefd222e9/69885990428a9e8e44cce03b/progress-60-iss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025aa29aefd222e9/69885990428a9e8e44cce03b/progress-60-iss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"progress 60 ISS nasa","caption":"progress 60 ISS nasa","creditText":"NASA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space-travel/","name":"space travel"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945910/iss-resupply-spacecraft/","name":"Resupply Ship Reaches International Space Station After String of Failed Attempts"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space: The Mission","description":"On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. 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