VLADIVOSTOK, Feb 24 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s state space corporation, Roscosmos, announced that, its Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was successfully launched into the planned orbit today.
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket, carrying the MS-23 spacecraft, lifted off from the Baikonur launch site, in Kazakhstan, at 0324 Moscow time (0024 GMT). The spacecraft is flying in unmanned mode and will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) in two days, ROSCOSMOS said, on its official website.
The MS-23 spacecraft will deliver to the ISS, 430 kg of cargo, including equipment for medical research, space station cleaning, air quality monitoring, scientific experiments, as well as, food and other supplies.
MS-23 is expected to bring back to Earth three astronauts, who were sent to ISS by MS-22 in Sept, 2022. However, the MS-22 spacecraft was hit by a micrometeoroid in Dec, which caused a problem with its external radiator.– NNN-TASS
