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In this image, taken from a video of Thursday, April 4, 2019, and distributed by the press service of the Roscosmos Space Agency, the Russian freighter Souz FG with the Progress MS-11 takes off from the launch pad of the main Russian space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The cargo ship carries fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and one Canadian. (Photo of the press service of the Roscosmos Space Agency via AP)
MOSCOW (AP) – An unmanned Russian spacecraft, carrying more than three tons of cargo, took a record time to get to the International Space Station. He moored at the outpost in orbit in three hours and twenty-one minutes.
The Progress cargo ship took off Thursday from the Russian launch base at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked at the station after two orbits.
It was 19 minutes faster than the previous record set by another Progress ship in July, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
The cargo ship carries fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and a Canadian astronaut.
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