Friday, November 22, 2024

Russia Launches Progress 90 Cargo Spacecraft | International Space Station

Russia Launches Progress 90 Cargo Spacecraft | International Space Station

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 90 MS-29 cargo spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a a Soyuz-2.1A carrier rocket launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Progress MS-29 will deliver 2,487 kg (~ three tons) of cargo, including technical equipment, medical, food, clothing, water and fuel to the ISS, according to Russia's Interfax. The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the space-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Poisk module at 9:36 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 23. Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner of Russia will be on duty Saturday monitoring the cargo ship during its automated approach and rendezvous maneuvers.


Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 
For more information about STEM on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)


Video Credit: Roscosmos/CMG
Duration: 1 minute
Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2024
Release Date: Nov. 22, 2024

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