NASA's Space to Ground: The Bell Lap | Week of Feb.16, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground: The Bell Lap | Week of Feb.16, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. A Russian Progress 87 cargo spacecraft loaded with nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies is currently in orbit heading to the International Space Station, targeting early Saturday, for docking. Progress 87 successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Feb. 14. On Saturday, Feb. 17, the cargo craft will automatically dock to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 1:12 a.m., with cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on duty to monitor the spacecraft’s arrival.

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

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.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 31 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 16, 2024 

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