Progress MS-32 resupply ship goes into orbit, is on its way to ISS

MOSCOW. Sept 11 (Interfax) - The Soyuz-2.1a rocket has taken into the orbit the Progress MS-32 resupply ship, according to a Roscosmos broadcast.

The ship separated from the first stage of the rocket and headed to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight of the ship will take place according to a two-day scheme.

The docking with the Zvezda module of the Russian segment of the ISS is scheduled for 8:27 p.m. Moscow time on September 13.

During its flight, the Progress MS-32 will orbit Earth 34 times, it will take it 49 hours 33 minutes to reach the station.

The resupply ship will take to the ISS more than 2.5 tonnes of cargo, including more than 1.1 tonnes of dry cargo for ISS Expedition 73 and the station's systems, 870 kilos of fuel for refueling the ISS, 420 kilos of drinking water, and 50 kilos of air for replenishing the atmosphere.

The new Orlan-ISS 7 spacesuit for working in outer space will also be delivered to the ISS.

A crew of seven people - Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Alexei Zubritsky and Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Jonathan Kim and Michael Fincke, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui - is now working on the ISS.