Progress MS-24 spacecraft launched from Baikonur

ASTANA, August 23 - Sputnik. The Progress MS-24 space truck launched from Baikonur at 07:08 Astana time, Roscosmos reports.

"Introduction of the Progress MS-24 into a given orbit, separation from the third stage of the rocket, opening of the antennas and solar panels of the ship were normal," the corporation said in a statement.

The cargo ship headed to the International Space Station, it will deliver almost 2.5 tons of cargo, including more than 1.5 tons of dry cargo for the crew and systems of the station, half a ton of fuel to refuel the ISS, 420 kilograms of drinking water and 40 kilograms of nitrogen to replenish the atmosphere at the station.

The only "passenger" of "Progress" was the figure of an alien from the famous film of the same name by Steven Spielberg.

The docking of Progress MS-24 to the Zvezda module of the ISS Russian Segment will take place on August 25 at 09.50 Astana time.