Russia's Progress MS-25 rocket has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch from the 31st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 1 December.
Its predecessor, Progress MS-23, left Poisk ISS docking module on November 29 to make way for the new ship. Progress MS-25 is expected to remain in orbit for 179 days.
The ship brought more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS, including fuel, drinking water and nitrogen, as well as processing equipment, food, medicine and hygiene products.
Additionally, Progress MS-25 delivered equipment for scientific experiments. In particular, an incubator to study the embryonic development of quail eggs and equipment for corrosion research that will be installed in outer space.
The new ship is the fourth truck that Russia has sent to the ISS this year, and Friday's launch marks the fifteenth launch of a Russian rocket in 2023.
Currently aboard the station are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Konstantin Borisov, NASA astronauts Loral O'Hara and Jasmine Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.