Carrier rocket with cargo for Russian cosmonauts went into space from Baikonur

On the morning of February 9, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with a Progress MS-22 truck was launched from the Baikonur, Roscosmos said. Before docking with the Zvezda module of the Russian segment of the ISS, the ship will make 34 orbits around the Earth, which will take 50.5 hours.

On board the rocket truck - more than 2.5 thousand kg of cargo: 720 kg of fuel, 420 kg of water, 40 kg of nitrogen, and about 1.354 tons of various equipment and materials, including resource equipment. In addition, stacks were sent on a truck to carry out Russian scientific experiments at the station: Cardiovector, Neuroimmunity, Pilot-T, Matryoshka-R, Biomag-M, Aseptic, Probiovit, Structure”, “Photobioreactor”, “Biodegradation”, “Biopolymer”, “Separation”.

The equipment for the Napor-miniRSA experiment and the ASN-KM satellite navigation antenna, which are planned to be installed outside the Russian modules during spacewalks, will also be delivered. The flight duration of the Progress MS-22 as part of the ISS will be 193 days.

It is reported that cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev, Dmitry Petelin, and Anna Kikina are forced to stay at the station due to damage to the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft.

The crew of the 68th long-term expedition is currently working on board the ISS. In addition to Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronauts Francisco Rubio, Nicole Mann, Josh Kassada, and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata work at the station.