Russian Progress MS-24 Soyuz Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-24 Soyuz Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched a MS-24 cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS Progress 85 mission) on August 23, 2023, at 01:08:10 UTC (06:08 local time; August 22, at 21:08 EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The uncrewed Progress 85 mission will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 69 crew aboard 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 69 crew members.

Progress is scheduled to dock to the aft port of the Zvezda service module about 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 24.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

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: Roscosmos/NASA TV

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 6 minutes, 45 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 22, 2023

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