Russian supply ships docked at ISS after 6 hours

Russia's unmanned Progress transport ship today (August 2), connected to the International Space Station (ISS) in an automatic mode, after only six hours leaving the launch pad from Earth , RIA Novosti quoted a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center.

Russian unmanned transport ship

The Progress M-16M was brought into orbit by the Soyuz-U rocket from the launch pad at Russia's Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan at 1:35 am on August 2 (Kazakhstan time, ie 2 hours 35 minutes with VN day time).

Then, this unmanned transport ship connected to the ISS six minutes earlier than the scheduled time of 1: 24 minutes on August 2 (GMT, 8 hours 24 minutes on the same day as Vietnam). ).

This is the first time the Progress ship has landed in the ISS within six hours of leaving the launch pad, significantly shortening the time compared to the two-day journey.

It is known that Progress M-16M ships carry 2.5 tons of cargo, including food, drinking water and scientific equipment to provide six astronauts working on the station.