Progress cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jun 4, 2022, 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning a few hours after its launch. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:32 am EDT (0932 GMT) and placed the Progress MS-20 spacecraft in orbit. Making a fast two-orbit rendezvous with the station, the spacecraft docked with the Zvezda service module at 9:02 am EDT (1302 GMT). The spacecraft is carrying about 2.5 tons of supplies, water, and fuel for the station.
A Progress cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning a few hours after its launch. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:32 am EDT (0932 GMT) and placed the Progress MS-20 spacecraft in orbit. Making a fast two-orbit rendezvous with the station, the spacecraft docked with the Zvezda service module at 9:02 am EDT (1302 GMT). The spacecraft is carrying about 2.5 tons of supplies, water, and fuel for the station.
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