The Russian Progress MS-05 resupply spacecraft also called Progress 66 which was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Feb. 22 has landed at the International Space Station (ISS) as estimated on Feb. 24. The unmanned rocket was launched to send supplies to the ISS.
This launched was 'Roscosmos' first cargo conveyance to space since the failure of Progress 65 supply ship on Dec. 1, 2016. For the unfamiliar, Roscosmos is the Russian partner of NASA and is like it in many capacities.
The Progress 66 was sent to bring supplies, consumables, and propellant for the expedition 50 crew, about 5,400 pounds ( 2,450 kilograms) to the orbiting ISS research center. The unmanned space shuttle arrived into ISS' Russian-built Pirs docking module at 3.30 AM ET or 8:30 AM GMT. The Russian cargo ship is the second one to come to ISS after the SpaceX Dragon capsule conveyed around 5,500 lbs of provisions on Feb. 23, Space cited
It will stay attached to the orbiting research center or laboratory until June. Meanwhile, its contents will be emptied and after that reloaded with junk and other unneeded items. Once the tanker undocks, it will be told to deorbit over the southern Pacific Ocean, as per spaceflight.
Advance MS-05's Friday-morning docking came under 24 hours after SpaceX's CRS-10 Dragon capsule was caught and berthed to the U.S. side of the ISS. There are currently four vehicles joined to the station. The other two are the crewed Soyuz MS-02 and MS-03.
The cargo craft was lifted off into space utilizing a Soyuz rocket at 12.58 AM ET on Feb. 22.The Russian Progress spaceship, alongside SpaceX, forms a fleet of robot-controlled shuttles necessary designated to transport essential supplies to the astronauts on board the ISS.
The next cargo run to the space station is anticipated to be the OA-7 Cygnus rocket. It is planned to launch on March 19, 2017, on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
