Russian Soyuz-U rocket lifts off to ISS![]() October 31, 2012 - 15:56 AMT 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. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |