Progress Cargo Craft Headed to Station Following Successful Launch
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 89 spacecraft is headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 11:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 14 (8:20 a.m. Baikonur time, Thursday, Aug. 15), on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory's Zvezda Service module at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17.
NASA's coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 1 a.m. on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA+ through a variety of platforms including social media.
The spacecraft will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station.
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