Louis, recently signed a contract to buy a three-bedroom house with a boat dock and a swimming platform on the shore of Lake of the Ozarks, a Missouri vacation spot.

WSJ: Getting Away��but Not Too Far

When it gets to the station, Kepler will dock with the Russian Zvezda module on the rear of the orbiting platform.

BBC: 'Johannes Kepler' space freighter heads to station

The cargo truck is about 2, 000km from the platform and will wait until the current shuttle mission has left the ISS before moving in to dock.

BBC: Total cargo: 4,860kg