Launching the supply station of the space station

The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on June 21 launched a unmanned transport ship carrying cargo to resupply to the International Space Station (ISS), according to AFP .

Progress ship (progressive) M-11M carries 2.6 tons of cargo including fuel, water and food (including green apple, lemon, orange, onion, garlic .) leaving the launch pad at Vu Airport Russia's Baikonur pillar in Kazakhstan at 20:38 on June 21 (local time, 21 hours 38 minutes on the same day, Vietnam time).

Ship Progress M-11M left the launch pad (Photo: AFP)

As expected, the Progress M-11M ship will come to access the port of Zvezda module on ISS by automatic mode at 23:27 minutes on June 23 (VN time).

Currently on the space station there are six astronauts working in the 28th ISS International Fleet including: Chief Commander Andrey Borisenko (Russia), astronauts Alexander Samokutyaev (Russia), Ron Garan (USA), Sergei Volkov (Russia), Michael Fossum (USA) and Satoshi Furukawa (Japan).

Earlier, three Volkov, Fossum and Furukawa astronauts were taken to the station on June 10 by Soyuz TMA-02M, also launched from Baikonur Space Airport.

As planned, the Soyuz crew of TMA-02M will return to Earth in November 2011; three astronauts Borisenko, Samokutyaev and Garan will return home on Soyuz TMA-21 in September.