Russian spacecraft transports three astronauts to ISS

Russian Soyuz (MS) MS-13 brings three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21 morning.

Russia's Soyuz MS-13 takes three astronauts to leave the launch pad at Kazakhstan's Baikonur space airport on July 20, 2019.(Photo: AFP / VNA).

Soyuz MS-13 , launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome, on the evening of July 20 (local time, 0h18 on July 21, Vietnam time), connected to the Zvezda module (Star) of the ISS after 6 flight time.

NASA particularly emphasized the significance of this flight when it happened on the 50th anniversary of the first human ever to set foot on the Moon.

Three astronauts (from left): Andrew Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov and Luca Parmitano at a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 19, 2019.(Photo: AFP / VNA).

Under the plan, three astronauts will participate in research in the ISS laboratory along with three colleagues previously on ISS, Nick Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos.

The six-person astronaut team will conduct about 250 scientific studies over a period of three months, including research on establishing the second connection point with ISS for commercial Crew Dragon's spacecraft. SpaceX and Starliner technology group of Boeing aircraft manufacturer.