The docking took place in automatic mode under the supervision of specialists of the Mission Control Center
KOROLEV /Moscow region/, November 26. /tass/. The Berth node module as part of the Progress M-UM spacecraft, launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome, moored to the docking node of the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka, a TASS correspondent reports from the Mission Control Center (MCC, part of Roscosmos).
The docking took place in automatic mode under the supervision of specialists from the Mission Control Center (MCC, part of Roscosmos) from Earth and astronauts from the ISS.
The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the spacecraft and module launched at 16:06 Moscow time on Wednesday. The docking was carried out according to a two-day scheme. The mass of the withdrawn load was 8.18 tons. As cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told TASS, this is a record payload mass for launches to the ISS on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.
The new module will expand the possibilities of docking with the ISS of Russian ships, including the new ship "Eagle". In total, five objects will be able to dock to it. For the first time, the Soyuz manned spacecraft is due to dock at the new node module on March 18 next year.
The module ship also delivered about 700 kg of various cargoes to the ISS, including resource equipment and consumables, water treatment, medical control and sanitary-hygienic support, maintenance and repair equipment, as well as standard food rations for the crew of the 66th main expedition.
