Russia's Progress MS-16 robotic spacecraft has been launched on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The voyage will end with the de-orbiting of one of the compartments on the iconic celestial facility.

The space freighter was boosted by a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on Monday morning, carrying almost two and a half tons of cargo, including propellant, fresh water, pressurized gases, and various equipment and supplies.