Progress Cargo Craft Headed to Station Following Successful Launch

The Progress 89 cargo craft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 14. Credit: NASA TV
The Progress 89 cargo craft launches to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 14. Credit: NASA TV

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.


Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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