Russian Progress MS-25 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-25 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the Progress MS-25 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS Progress 86 mission) on December 1, 2023, at 09:25:11 UTC (14:25:11 local time; 04:25:11 EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress MS-25 will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station, being scheduled for a two-day, 34-orbit journey to the station, with docking on December 3, 2023, at 11:14 UTC (06:14 EDT). 

The Roscosmos Progress 86 space freighter is on a two-day delivery mission carrying nearly 5,600 pounds of cargo to resupply the Expedition 70 crew. Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub will be on duty Sunday morning monitoring the cargo craft’s automated docking to the Poisk module planned for 6:14 a.m.

Video Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 1, 2023

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