Progress M-23M cargo spaceship to blast off today

According to the press service of the Russian Space Agency, April 7 carrier rocket Soyuz-U with payload transport spacecraft were installed on the launch pad of Site 1 ("Gagarin's Start"). The liftoff of Soyuz-U with Progress M-23M is scheduled for 9:25 pm Astana time. The Progress M-23M will 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. Meanwhile, the ISS is ready to receive a new cargo spaceship. April 7 in accordance with the mission Progress M-22M cargo spacecraft undocked from ISS. 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.