The Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-19 is on its way to the International Space Station and is scheduled to dock with the Poisk module of the Russian segment on Feb. 17 for a resupply mission.
The launch took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia. Liftoff of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket occurred at 11:25:40 p.m. EST Monday from the Site 31 launch complex at Baikonur, where the temperature was about 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
