Russia is about to launch a supply ship to ISS

The Progress M-19M transport spacecraft, mounted on a Soyuz-U rocket on April 22, was moved and installed on a launch pad at Russia's Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti announced the Agency's announcement. Russian Federation universe (Roscosmos) said.

As planned, the Soyuz-U missile will be activated to leave the launch pad at 10: 12 minutes on April 24 (GMT, ie 17 hours 12 minutes on the same day in Vietnam time), to bring the ship Progress M-19M fly to the International Space Station (ISS).

Russian Progress transport ship - (Photo: NASA)

Roscosmos said it will provide ISS with about 2.5 tons of cargo, including fuel for stations, food, drinking water and oxygen for astronauts.

Currently ISS currently has six people living and working on the 35th ISS International Fleet. In it, commander Chris Hadfield (CSA) and Tom Marshburn (US Aeronautics and Space Agency) - NASA) and Roman Romanenko (Roscosmos) were put on the station by Soyuz spacecraft TMA-07M on December 21, 2012, expected to return to Earth in May.

Three remaining astronauts, Chris Cassidy (NASA), Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov (Roscosmos), were put on the station by Soyuz TMA-08M on March 28, expected to return in September.

Reportedly, on April 21, the cargo ship Progress-17M completed its mission after the rest of it fell buried in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. The Progress-17M left the station on April 15 to conduct further research on the electrolytic field around the spacecraft, caused by the ship's propellant liquid fuel engines.