Russian cargo ship reaches International Space Station

NUR SULTAN

An unmanned Russian cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday.

According to Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, the Progress MS-14 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan.

The cargo capsule carrying fuel, food, and other supplies docked at the station after about three-and-a-half hours.

There are three astronauts at the ISS – Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and Christopher Cassidy of the US.

Three others – Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, and Andrew Morgan – recently returned from the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-15 capsule, which landed near Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan on April 17.

The ISS is stationed in low Earth orbit and serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory for scientists to conduct experiments in various fields.

It is also a staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars, and asteroids.

* Writing by Seda Sevencan