Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Docks Successfully to International Space Station

Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Docks Successfully to International Space Station

[Docking occurs at 46 minute mark]

Expedition 67 Update: 

The uncrewed Russian Progress 81 spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress 81 arrived at the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. EDT, two orbits after launch. Progress is delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 67 crew. 

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 55 minutes

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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