Progress M-23M docks with ISS

Rocket carrier "Soyuz-U" with "Progress M-23M" was launched on Wednesday evening from Baikonur. The cargo spaceship delivered to the station deliver to the ISS 2.5 tonnes of cargo for the station's and crew life support, including fuel, research equipment, oxygen, water, scientific equipment sets for experiments, clothes and food products. The spacecraft also brought to the ISS parcels and gifts from the crew members' families. Previous space truck "Progress M-22M" undocked from the ISS on April 7. Until April 18, the ship will be in a controlled free flight. Reduction of the orbit and flooding in a predetermined area of the Pacific is scheduled for April 18, the press service of the Russian Space Agency reported.