A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, sending it into orbit.

The rocket lifted off at 4:08 a.m. Moscow time (0108 GMT) and sent the spacecraft into orbit nine minutes later, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said.

Progress MS-24 will perform a two-day autonomous flight to the International Space Station (ISS), where it is expected to dock with the Zvezda service module of the space outpost on Friday at 6:50 a.m. Moscow time (0350 GMT).

The cargo spaceship will deliver about 2.5 tons of supplies to the ISS, including more than 1.5 tons of various equipment and materials, half a ton of fuel to refuel the station, 420 kilograms of drinking water and 40 kilograms of nitrogen to replenish the station's atmosphere.

STORY: Russia launches Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship into orbit
DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023
LENGTH: 0:00:31
LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the launch of the Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship (Source: Roscosmos)

STORYLINE:

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, sending it into orbit.
   
The rocket lifted off at 4:08 a.m. Moscow time (0108 GMT) and sent the spacecraft into orbit nine minutes later, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said.
   
Progress MS-24 will perform a two-day autonomous flight to the International Space Station (ISS), where it is expected to dock with the Zvezda service module of the space outpost on Friday at 6:50 a.m. Moscow time (0350 GMT).
   
The cargo spaceship will deliver about 2.5 tons of supplies to the ISS, including more than 1.5 tons of various equipment and materials, half a ton of fuel to refuel the station, 420 kilograms of drinking water and 40 kilograms of nitrogen to replenish the station's atmosphere.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vladivostok, Russia.
(XHTV)