samedi 30 octobre 2021

Russian Cargo Ship Docks to Station with Food, Fuel and Supplies

 






ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch.


October 30, 2021


Image above: Uncrewed Russian Progress 79 spacecraft arrival at the International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: ROSCOSMOS.

An uncrewed Russian Progress 79 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Zvezda module at 9:31 p.m. EDT, two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Progress MS-18 docking

Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 66 crew, the Progress 79 resupply spacecraft will spend about seven months at the station.


Image above: Oct. 29, 2021: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter; the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle; and Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 crew ship and ISS Progress 78 and 79 resupply ships. Image Credit: NASA.

Related article:

Spaceship Progress MS-18 on the way to the ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2021/10/spaceship-progress-ms-18-on-way-to-iss.html

Related link:

International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Images (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.

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