On October 26, 2022, local time, Moscow, Russia, the "Soyuz-2.1a" carrier rocket carrying the "Progress MS-21" cargo spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, performing a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Visual China Map

According to the website of Roscosmos on the 26th, Russia launched a "Soyuz-2.1a" rocket earlier in the day to send a "Progress MS-21" cargo spacecraft into the predetermined orbit. The spacecraft will send a new batch of supplies to the International Space Station.

It is reported that at 3:20 Moscow time on the 26th (8:20 Beijing time on the 26th), the spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. As planned, it will dock with the International Space Station at 5:50 Moscow time on the 28th (10:50 Beijing time on the 28th) and deliver 2.5 tons of cargo to the space station, including various equipment, fuel, compressed nitrogen, water and food. Wait.

Russia's "Progress MS" series of cargo spaceships are dedicated to providing services for orbital stations, including transporting various materials and performing orbit corrections for the International Space Station. The "Progress" cargo spacecraft is not recyclable. Generally, after completing the replenishment mission, the astronauts will fill the spacecraft with various domestic garbage and waste generated on the space station, and the spacecraft will then deorbit and destroy itself. Previously, the "Progress MS-19" cargo spacecraft ended its mission on October 24 and left the International Space Station and entered the atmosphere, and the unburned spacecraft components fell into the non-navigable waters of the South Pacific.