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The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which will send the Progress MS-14 cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 25, was awarded the Victory Rocket name. It will be decorated with a St. George ribbon, orders of the Patriotic War and the logo of the 75th anniversary of the victory, RIA Novosti reports.
The press service of Roscosmos stressed that the launch will be dedicated to the anniversary of the victory of the people of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. The ship will leave for the ISS in the early morning of April 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and, presumably after three and a half hours, it will dock with the Zvezda module.
In addition to the cargo necessary for the life of the ISS (fuel, food, medicine, equipment), Progress MS-14 will carry on its board a flash drive with the names of Soviet soldiers, who participated in the Great Patriotic War. The list of names is compiled as part of the Immortal Regiment on the ISS campaign, which takes place on the Roscosmos VKontakte official page.
The information about ancestors and relatives, who took part in the Great Patriotic War, is accepted until April 22.
At the moment, the Russian Oleg Skrypochka and two American astronauts are working at the station. It is assumed that on April 9 the team will be replenished by Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, as well as American Christopher Cassidy.
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