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Russian cargo spacecraft docks with international space station

Moscow, July 6 (UNI) Russia's cargo spacecraft Progress MS-31 successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said today on its website.
The automated docking took place at 00:25 Moscow time today (2125 GMT) at the Poisk mini-research module on the Russian segment of the ISS. The spacecraft is scheduled to remain in orbit for 167 days.
Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday aboard a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, the Progress MS-31 delivered a total of 2,625 kilograms of cargo to the ISS.
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