Filled with propellant and other supplies, Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle docked with the International Space Station at 1559 GMT (10:59 a.m. EST) Thursday. These photos from the lab's crew shows the massive cargo craft's approach and arrival at the space station. One image also shows cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli monitoring the rendezvous from control consoles inside the station.

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