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Vampire in Space: Progress cargo spaceship docks to ISS

The Progress MS-29 cargo spaceship that was blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport on Thursday, has docked to the Poisk module of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment.

The Progress MS-29 resupply ship has delivered 2,487 kg of cargo to the orbital outpost, including 869 kg of refueling propellant, 420 liters of potable water and 43 kg of pressurized nitrogen, and also 1,155 kg of material and equipment in the dry cargo hold, in particular, for experiments dubbed Vampire (growing crystals in an electric vacuum furnace), BTN-Neutron-2 (studying the neutron spectrum) and 3D Print (3D printing of polymer materials).