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A Russian unmanned cargo pod has docked with the International Space Station, delivering more than two tons of supplies to the crew of three on board.
The Progress spacecraft docked at 5:12 a.m. Saturday GMT, approximately 3.5 hours after taking off from Russia’s Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan. The ship was carrying fuel, water, food, medicine and other supplies.
Astronauts aboard the space station include Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, as well as Chris Cassidy from the United States.
The three-man crew successfully took off to the International Space Station (ISS) more than two weeks ago on April 9, images showed on NASA television, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The team took off from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 had caused a series of pre-launch protocol changes. His Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft docked at the station six hours later. They said before takeoff that they had been under very strict quarantine for a month before the flight and were in a good mood.
