Russian Progress MS-10 Cargo Rocket Launch to International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-10 Cargo Rocket Launch to International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft & Soyuz rocket launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft and Soyuz rocket launch over Kazakhstan

Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft & Soyuz rocket entering Earth orbit

Russian Soyuz rocket first stage re-entering Earth's atmosphere

European Space Agency astronaut and Expedition 57 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of Germany: "Watched a beautiful night launch of the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo vehicle while ISS was flying right above Baikonur (see 2nd photo lower left corner, then upper right of third photo). Destination: us. Reentry of 1st stage visible on last photo."

These are images of the International Space Station view of an uncrewed Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft being launched by a Roscosmos Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to resupply the station on November 16, 2018. This was the 162nd flight of a Roscosmos Progress spacecraft.

The Progress MS-10 spacecraft delivered 2,564 kg of cargo and supplies to Expedition 57 of the International Space Station (ISS). 

Here is a cargo breakdow:

Dry cargo: 1,330 kg

Fuel: 750 kg

Oxygen: 75 kg

Water: 440 kg

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Alexander Gerst
Capture Date: Nov. 18, 2018

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