The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced the successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1A rocket, carrying the Progress MS-31 cargo spacecraft, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The agency reported that the launch took place yesterday evening, Thursday, at 10:32 PM Moscow time. A few minutes after liftoff, the rocket successfully placed the spacecraft in low Earth orbit, marking the start of its journey to the International Space Station.
The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the Poisk module in the Russian segment of the station today, Friday, at 00:28 Moscow time.
The Progress MS-31 is carrying more than 2.6 tons of supplies, including 950 kg of fuel and nitrogen gas to support the station's systems, provisions and health and medical supplies for the astronauts, maintenance and renovation equipment for the station, and equipment for conducting scientific experiments.
The spacecraft is scheduled to remain docked to the station for 167 days before detaching and burning up in the atmosphere.
The International Space Station currently hosts two other Russian spacecraft: the Progress MS-30, which has been docked with the Zvezda module since March 2, and the Soyuz MS-27, which carried Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, and American astronaut Jonny Kim to the station on April 8, and is attached to the Prismal module.
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