"Progress" successfully docked to the ISS

State corporation for space activities (russian space agency) reports that successfully passed the docking of space cargo ship "Progress ms-06" with the international space station. The spacecraft docked to the Russian module of the iss "Star. " recall that the rocket "Soyuz 2. 1 a" was launched from the ship "Progress ms-06" from the cosmodrome "Baikonur" on june 14. It is reported that the docking occurred at the estimated time, in a fully automatic mode. The intervention of the crew of the iss in the process of docking of "Progress" with the "Star" was not required. Roscosmos:today, june 16, the cargo ship "Progress ms-06" successfully docked to the instrument compartment of service module zvezda of the Russian segment of the international space station. The convergence of the cargo vehicle with the iss took place at a two-day scheme. All transactions on automatic docking was carried out under the control of roscosmos cosmonaut fyodor yurchikhin, as well as specialists of the mission control center. It is further reported that "Progress" delivered to the iss 2. 5 tonnes of various cargoes, including the so-called dry cargo, fuel in tanks of the kdu and the refueling system.

Also delivered water, compressed gases and equipment for scientific research integrated experiments, including nanosatellites "Tanya-ugsu", "Sfera-53", tns-about no. 2.