The Progress MS-20 resupply ship launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on Friday separated from the upper stage of the Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket, a speaker at the cosmodrome announced, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene.
The Progress MS-20 space freighter is set to dock with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment at 16:02 Moscow time on June 3.
The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft blasted off from Site No. 31 (Vostok) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The second stage of the Soyuz-2.1 a rocket carries the Donbass inscription and its nose fairing is decorated with the flags of the DPR and LPR (Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics).
The resupply ship is set to deliver 2,500 kg of cargo to the flying laboratory, including 599 kg of refueling propellant, 420 liters of potable water in Rodnik storage tanks, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen in cylinders, and also about 1,458 kg of various equipment and materials in the cargo compartment, medical control and sanitation means, outfits, standard food rations and fresh foodstuffs for the members of the 67th space expedition.
The Progress MS-20 space freighter will also deliver a 3D printer, a miniature electric guitar and strings for the violin to the orbital outpost.
