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The second modernized Progress MS cargo vessel will dock with the International Space Station on Saturday, a representative of the Russian Mission Control Center told RIA Novosti.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Progress MS-2 was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket on Thursday, March 31.

According to the representative, it is expected to dock with the ISS at 21:01 Moscow time (18:01 GMT) on Saturday, April 2.

The spacecraft is carrying over 2.5 tonnes (metric tons) of cargo, including fuel, food and technical equipment.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko
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Manufactured by the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the Progress MS is a modernized version of the Progress-M cargo spacecraft.

The first Progress MS cargo vessel (Progress MS-1) was launched to the ISS in December, 2015.

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