The Progress MS-16 spacecraft will leave for the ISS in mid-February
The launch date of the next Russian cargo spacecraft under the International Space Station (ISS) program has been determined. The launch is scheduled for next month.
We are talking about the Progress MS-16 apparatus. It will deliver to the orbital station supplies of fuel and gases, as well as various equipment and cargo, including equipment for scientific research experiments.
In addition, a special repair kit will be on board the spacecraft, with the help of which the Russian cosmonauts are expected to be able to repair a crack in the Zvezda module that is causing an air leak.
According to TASS, the launch of the Progress MS-16 is scheduled for February 15 at 07:45 Moscow time. The launch will be carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The spacecraft should dock to the orbital complex on February 17 at 09:19 Moscow time.
Note that there are seven people on the ISS now. These are Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, American astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
