Russian Soyuz-U rocket lifts off to ISS

Russian Soyuz-U rocket lifts off to ISS

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Russian Progress class space freighter has reached transitional orbit on its six-hour journey to the International Space Station, after blasting off atop a Soyuz-U rocket, a spokesman for Mission Control outside Moscow said on Wednesday, Oct 31, according to RIA Novosti.

The Soyuz-U rocket carrying the Progress-M-17M cargo spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan at 11:41 am Moscow time (07:35 GMT).

“The spacecraft is scheduled to dock automatically with the ISS at 5:40 pm on Wednesday,” the spokesman said.

Progress-M-17M is delivering just under 2.4 metric tons of supplies, including fuel components, oxygen, food, water and scientific equipment, to the crew of six aboard the orbital station.

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