Russian Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off to International Space Station

The Progress MS-20 will bring fuel, water, compressed nitrogen, and various types of equipment: on-board resource equipment, instruments and devices for spacewalks, cables, sensors, medical supplies, and clothing to the International Space Station (ISS).

Sputnik is live as a Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Progress 81P (MS-20) cargo spacecraft.

The spacecraft is carrying 2,500 kg of cargo to the ISS, including 599 kg of fuel, 420 litres of water in the tanks of the Rodnik system, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen in cylinders, as well as about 1,458 kg of various equipment and materials in the cargo compartment.

The launch of the rocket with Progress MS-20 is dedicated to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

This will be the 173rd flight of a Progress spacecraft.

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