The Russian multifunctional Nauka (Science) module was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday.

The Proton-M carrier rocket with the Nauka module was launched at 5:58 p.m. Moscow time, Roscosmos said in a statement.

It added that the Nauka module is scheduled to dock with the Zvezda module at the ISS in 8 days on July 29.