Progressive Spacecraft M-23M successfully assembled with ISS

According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on April 10, the unmanned transport ship "Progress M-23M" successfully assembled with the International Space Station (ISS) in automatic mode.

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The Progress ship M-23M was launched into space by a combined rocket (Soyuz-U) from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome a day earlier on a shortened route to just 6 hours and assembled into public with ISS.

The ship brought up nearly 2.5 tons of cargo to ISS to ensure the activities and activities of the six crew members; including fuel, equipment, water, oxygen, clothes, food and parcels from family and friends. The most special gift astronauts are waiting for is fresh fruits and candies.

Currently six crew members work on ISS under the command of Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. The rest include three Russian astronauts Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Tyurin, Oleg Artemyev, and two American astronauts Richard Mastracchio, Steve Swanson.

After the shuttle fleet stopped operating, NASA now depended entirely on Russia for bringing astronauts to ISS.