MOSCOW, July 6 (Xinhua) — Russia’s cargo spacecraft Progress MS-31 successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said Sunday on its website.
The automated docking took place at 00:25 Moscow time on Sunday (2125 GMT Saturday) at the Poisk mini-research module on the Russian segment of the ISS. The spacecraft is scheduled to remain in orbit for 167 days.
Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday aboard a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, the Progress MS-31 delivered a total of 2,625 kilograms of cargo to the ISS.
The shipment includes 1,205 kilograms of dry goods for the crew, 950 kilograms of propellant for station refueling, 420 kilograms of drinking water, and 50 kilograms of nitrogen to replenish the station’s atmosphere.
In addition, the spacecraft delivered scientific equipment which will be used for research in various fields of space science. ■