This Sunday, November 18, a crewless Russian cargo ship that was allegedly linked with the International Space Station delivered the supplies after docking into the space station. The Progress MS-10, a Russian Progress freighter meant for refuelling and resupply was launched after a couple of days from the grassland of Kazakhstan.
The spacecraft Progress MS-10 spacecraft was lifted off on Friday to pursue its journey to the space station from Baikonur Cosmodrome on top of the Soyuz FG rocket. Progress MS-10 freighter kicked off a chain of adjustment manoeuvres in orbit for approaching the outpost of the research.
The rendezvous of the radar of the supply ship was predicted for to reach to a decisive point in automated docking with the stern portion of the vehicle of Zvezda service module of the space station at 2:28 pm on Sunday after it delivered around 2,495 kilograms of supplies, commodities as well as experiments for the crew of the orbiting outpost.
Commentator of NASA TV’s, Rob Navias, has told that “the journey is the single act of a two-part, 24-hours of delivery runs to the International Space Station. NASA TV broadcasted the progress that the Russian freighter Progress MS-10 made.
The docking embarked by Progress MS-10 is the first of the two supply ships that are meant for the planned arrivals at the International Space Station in less than 15 hours more or less. The commercial Cargo vehicle, Cygnus was built to be operated by the Northrop Grumman was allegedly launched this Saturday from Virginia’s Wallops Island which is scheduled for getting captured by the robotic arm of the space station at around 5:20 a.m. on Monday.
The Progress MS-10 carries the tanks of 1,589 pound that contains the propellant (fuel) for transferring into the module of Zvezda of the propulsion system along with 925 pounds and fresh water and 112 pounds of compressed air as well as oxygen for replenishing the space station’s atmosphere.
