The station had already lost half its power on June 25 as a result of a collision with an unmanned cargo craft.
At last the green and red lights of the cargo craft were sighted.
The two huge C-130 cargo craft came in low over the western desert.
The big cargo craft dropped in very quickly as it was designed to do in a combat situation.
Soon the Sea Hound was headed over the Atlantic, followed by the cargo craft.
The device, which arrived on a cargo craft last month, is to be tested for a year in space to see how it functions.
They said that the cargo craft was not displaying a tail light or a rotating beacon.
The plane, a cargo craft, was shot down over Nicaragua in October 1986 while on a covert flight to supply the rebels.
The crew will have to wait about two weeks in a darkened station for special repair equipment to arrive on a Russian cargo craft.
The Belters would take a small cargo craft back home.
