Russian Progress MS-26 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-26 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the Progress MS-26 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS Progress 87 mission) on February 15, 2024, at 10:25 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14 (8:25 a.m. Baikonur time Thursday, Feb. 15) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress MS-26 will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station. It is scheduled for a two-day journey to the station with docking to the aft port of the Zvezda service module two days later at 1:12 a.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 17.

Video Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 14, 2024

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