February 13, 2009. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M,
Korolev, Moscow region

Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-66, after three days in free flight, docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
Approach to the space station, its fly-around and docking were performed in automatic mode. The initial contact with the docking port on the Pirs module of the ISS Russian Segment (RS) occurred at 10:18:13 Moscow Time.
The crew of Expedition 18 to ISS (Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov, US astronauts Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus) working on-board the space station monitored the process of rendezvous and docking. All the dynamic operations were performed by mission control specialists under the supervision of the Technical Management (The Technical Manager is the President and Designer General of the S.P.Korolev RSC Energia V.A.Lopota).
Present at MCC-M during the final operations of the spacecraft rendezvous and docking with ISS were: representatives of the State Commission (the Chairman is the head of Roscosmos A,N.Perminov), of Roscosmos, of subcontractor companies and organizations in the industry, managers and specialists of the Corporation.
According to telemetry data and reports from the ISS crew, the on-board systems of the space station and spacecraft operate normally.
After completion of the docking, the questions of reporters from Russian and foreign information agencies and TV companies were answered by RSC Energia First Deputy General Designer, Flight Director V.A.Soloviev.

 For reference:

1. The spacecraft delivered to the station more than 2.4 tons of cargos. They include: supplies of oxygen, air, propellants and food (including natural form foods), a spacesuit Orlan-MK for work in open space; scientific instrumentation and equipment for the ISS Russian Segment; on-board documentation, parcels for the crew, video and photographic equipment and ham radio station equipment. Intended for the US orbital segment are 390 kg of cargo, which include food, medical support equipment, equipment for space walking, and for controlling on-board hardware.
2. The mission control and the monitoring of the spacecraft systems status during rendezvous and docking were provided by the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT), consisting of specialists from S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Mission Control Center near Moscow, and other organizations in the industry, the Flight Director is V.A.Soloviev.
3. The ISS Russian Segment consists of: Functional and cargo module Zarya, Service Module Zvezda, docking compartment/module Pirs, manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13, cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-66. The US segment consists of: modules Unity, Destiny, Harmony, Columbus, Kibo, Quest airlock, trusses outfitted with solar array panels and other additional equipment.
4. ISS flies in low Earth orbit with minimum altitude of 350.5 km, and maximum altitude of 376.8 km. Its orbital period is 91.6 min.