Russia Launches 'Victory Rocket' to ISS to Mark Anniversary of Great Patriotic War
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- Published: April 25, 2020 11:51
New Delhi: A Russian Soyuz carrier rocket named ‘Victory Rocket,’ carrying the resupply spacecraft Progress MS-14, is launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
This cargo flight is set to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the war against Nazis, known as the Great Patriotic War.
LIFTOFF! The Russian Progress 75 has lifted off at 9:51 pm ET and is en route to the @Space_Station with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies! Watch: https://t.co/rwkVjRB3DZ pic.twitter.com/t1Yo3JkSDA
— NASA (@NASA) April 25, 2020
The spaceship will deliver fuel, food, medicine and equipment, as well as a flash drive with the names of Soviet soldiers who fought in the war.
