On 19 April 2004 at 03:19 GMT, ESA astronaut Andr? Kuipers departed for the International Space Station (ISS). In his luggage, Kuipers carried 15 scientific experiments, most of them Dutch.
Pedro Duque eating in zero
Astronauts in orbit need air to breathe, water to drink and food to eat.
All these goods have to carried by special transport to their destination.
Assembly of Soyuz and Progress
Rolling outLaunch
Progress approach and docking to ISS
Europe had it's all new Matroshka experiment hitch a ride towards the ISS on January's Progress. The inside of the Matroshka facility has the shape of a human head and torso,it is called 'the Phantom'. The outside container simulates the effect of a spacesuit.
Matroshka being placed on outside of ISS during space walk
Progress undocking : the Progress serves a huge trash can.
Progress with earth in background
Flight Control Room

The Progress: Russia's freighter to the ISS
10.00.40 Pedro Duque eating in zero G
Astronauts in orbit need air to breathe, water to drink and food to eat. Like for any oil platforms, all these goods have to carried by special transport to their destination.
10.00.51 Assembly of Soyuz and Progress
For some time to come, the unmanned Russian Progress vehicles are the only means to transport cargo to the International Space Station, as the American Shuttles haven't returned to flight yet.
10.01.02 Assembly of Soyuz and Progress
The most recent Progress was launched from the Russian spaceport Ba?konur in Kazakhstan, on the 29th of January. Inside were some crucial payloads for upcoming European missions.
10.01.15 Rolling outLaunch
10.01.37 The progress M1-11 was mounted on top of a Soyuz rocket in an assembly hall in the Ba?konur Cosmodrome. It was rolled out to the launch platform in the clear afternoon sky of the 29th of January. The Soyuz rocket performed a flawless lift-off, sending the Progres