MOSCOW, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - A Soyuz-U carrier rocket is due to blast off from Baikonur space center Thursday to deliver a Progress M-64 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Tuesday.
The Russian carrier rocket is due to be launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 0:23 a.m. Moscow time on May 15 (20:23 GMT May 14) and the Progress is scheduled to dock with the ISS on May 17 at 01:37 a.m. Moscow time (21:37 GMT May 16).
The freighter is currently undergoing final prelaunch procedures at the launch site.
The previous Progress M-63 spacecraft delivered 2.5 metric tons of cargo, including food, equipment and other supplies to the ISS in February.
