Russia Launches Progress MS-26 Cargo Ship to ISS

A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket successfully launched the Progress MS-26 cargo spaceship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to the Russian space corporation Roscosmos. The cargo ship, set to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, is delivering 2,518 kg of supplies, including consumables for the “Fullerene” experiment on growing fullerite crystals. Additionally, a transformable space structure for the “Perspective-KM” experiment and equipment for the “Orbit-MG” experiment were sent to test technologies for non-destructive control of piloted space objects.