Russian rocket docks successfully with ISS

MOSCOW - A Russian cargo spaceship overcame a docking problem to bring water, food and supplies to the US-Russian-German crew on the International Space Station on Thursday.

"We locked on the ship to the docking hooks," a spokesman for mission control said.

A proper seal could not initially be achieved between the spaceship and the ISS, and Russian space officials said they suspected that a docking antenna which had not retracted properly was to blame.

- REUTERS