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[b]Progress MS-15 launches to space station[/b] Russia's Progress MS-15 spacecraft lifted off with cargo for the International Space Station on Thursday (July 23). The uncrewed vehicle launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:26 a.m EDT (1426 GMT or 7:26 p.m. local time). The spacecraft is expected to dock to the Pirs docking compartment on the space station's Russian segment after a two-orbit rendezvous at 1:47 p.m EDT (1747 GMT). It will remain at the orbiting laboratory for five months, departing in December for its deorbit into the Earth's atmosphere. Progress MS-15 is delivering about three tons of supplies for the station's Expedition 63 crew, including 1,322 pounds (600 kilograms) of propellant, 101 pounds (46 kilograms) of oxygen and 926 pounds (420 kilograms) of water. The vehicle is also carrying research experiments, clothing and food.
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