NUR SULTAN

An unmanned Russian cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday.

According to Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, the Progress MS-14 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan.

The cargo capsule carrying fuel, food, and other supplies docked at the station after about three-and-a-half hours.

There are three astronauts at the ISS – Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and Christopher Cassidy of the US.

Three others – Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, and Andrew Morgan – recently returned from the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-15 capsule, which landed near Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan on April 17.

The ISS is stationed in low Earth orbit and serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory for scientists to conduct experiments in various fields.

It is also a staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars, and asteroids.

* Writing by Seda Sevencan