Russian Progress 82 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

Russian Progress 82 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station 

The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 8:20 p.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, on a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress will deliver almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station.

The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned on its way to meet up with the orbiting laboratory and its Expedition 68 crew members.

Progress will dock to the space-facing side of the Poisk module on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 10:49 p.m. EDT Live coverage on NASA TV of rendezvous and docking will begin at 10:15 p.m. EDT.

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/Roscosmos

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes, 25 seconds

Capture Date: October 25, 2022

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