Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Launch for International Space Station

Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Launch for International Space Station

[Liftoff at 17 minute mark]

Expedition 67 Update: The uncrewed Russian Progress 81 cargo craft launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 3, 2022, atop a Soyuz booster rocket. Progress is filled with almost three tons of supplies and cargo and docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module after completing a two-orbit rendezvous. The resupply vehicle will remain docked to the space station until late this year.

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 Video/Roscosmos

Duration: 29 minutes

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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