Russia successfully launched Union ship MS-05 to the International Space Station

'United-FG' rocket with 'MS-05' spacecraft has a new driver and expedition launched on 28/7 International Space Station (ISS) from the aerospace airport Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

Expected, the crew will stay on the ISS station 139 days and nights.

Russia's Ria Novosti news agency cited sources from Baikonur space airport, saying that just a few minutes after the launch, the "United-MS-05" ship separated from the third floor of the "United-FG" rocket and entered. orbit near ISS.

The assembly of the 'Combined MS-05' vessel with ISS took place at 1pm (Moscow time) on July 29.

Expected, the crew will stay on the ISS station 139 days and nights. During this time, astronauts will step out into space to conduct experiments and scientific research.

According to the source, there are three astronauts on the 'Combined Ship', Sergei Ryazansky, Russian; Randolph Bresnik, American and astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, Italian.

The new expedition to ISS this time includes the Fyodor Yurchikhin astronaut of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) and two astronauts from the US Space Agency (NASA) Peggy Whitson and Dzhek Fisher.