Russian cargo spacecraft will fly to space station

By RIA Novosti

Moscow : The Russian Progress M-62 cargo spacecraft will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur launch centre in Kazakhstan Dec 23, Russia’s space agency said.

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“The spacecraft will deliver food and water for the crew, as well as fuel to maintain the ISS’s orbit and other cargo and research equipment,” the Federal Space Agency said Monday.

The spaceship, to be launched aboard the Soyuz-U carrier rocket, has undergone a series of tests at Baikonur of late. On Monday, it was placed in an acoustic chamber for radio system checks.