Russian cargo ship delivers tangerines and quail eggs to the international space station

According to TASS news agency, the Progress MS-25 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 1 and is expected to reach the International Space Station (ISS) on December 3.

The crew will receive food including tangerines, oranges and New Year's sweets via the Progress MS-25 spacecraft, the Institute of Medicine and Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences said. According to Russian tradition, people eat tangerines to celebrate the New Year. In addition, the spacecraft will carry dried meat, beef and venison, mustard and adjika, apples, grapefruit and lemons.

Progress MS-25 cargo ship. (Photo: Roscosmos)

"Progress MS-25 transported a total of 2,528 kg of cargo to the ISS, including 515 kg of refueling fuel, 420 liters of drinking water, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen in cylinders and about 1,553 kg of various equipment and materials including: medical and sanitary equipment - providing hygiene services, and clothes," the Russian Academy of Sciences added.

In particular, 48 Japanese quail eggs will also be transported from Earth to the space station. According to Izvestia, astronauts will conduct an experiment to hatch quail from eggs in space using a device called Kvarts-M.

Earlier, media reported that the Soyuz launch vehicle would carry the Progress MS-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 1. The rocket launch took place at 12:25 Moscow time. The Russian cargo ship is expected to dock with the Poisk module on the ISS at 14:15 on December 3, Moscow time. According to Roscosmos, the spacecraft will be in orbit for 179 days.

Previously, on November 29, a Progress MS-23 cargo ship left the ISS orbit but unfortunately crashed and sank in the Pacific Ocean. The Progress MS-23 ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 24 using the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle. During this trip, the ship transported 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS.

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