Moscow, May 24 (EFE). – The Russian space freighter Progress MS-23 docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in the Kazakh steppe today, a little over three hours in the air after taking off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The spacecraft docked with the Russian Poisk module in automatic mode at 16:19 GMT, three hours and 23 minutes after launch, the Russian space agency Roskosmos reported on its Telegram channel.
The freighter transported 2,491 kilograms of cargo to the ISS, including 499 kilograms of fuel, 630 kilograms of water and 40 kilograms of liquid nitrogen.
In addition, it carried 1,322 kilograms of equipment and equipment, as well as various materials necessary for scientific experiments, clothing, food and hygiene items for the crew.
Also traveling on board the Progress MS-23 was a “universal workstation” for its location on the outer shell of the Zariá module, which will serve as cosmonauts on spacewalks, and a nanosatellite created by the Bauman Aeronautical Institute in Moscow, which will be launched manually .
The Progress MS were developed on the basis of the Soviet manned spacecraft Soyuz by the space company Energuia to transport cargo to orbital stations and also to serve to correct their orbits.
As of 2018, the Progress MS spacecraft flies to the ISS after two orbits, allowing them to dock at the station about three hours and 40 minutes after launch, in contrast to original plans, which called for 34 orbits in one voyage. of 48 hours.EFE
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