A Russian cargo spacecraft launched towards the Worldwide House Station (ISS) this afternoon (July 3), hauling a number of tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.
A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at present at 3:32 p.m. EDT (1932 GMT; 12:32 a.m. on July 4 native time in Kazakhstan), sending the uncrewed Progress 92 freighter aloft.
Progress 92 is hauling about three tons of meals, gas and different provides to the ISS. If all goes in response to plan, the robotic freighter will dock with the orbiting lab’s Poisk module on Saturday (July 5) at 5:27 p.m. EDT (2127 GMT).
NASA will present a livestream of rendezvous and docking actions by way of NASA+ starting at 4:45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT) on Saturday. House.com will simulcast the stream if the company makes it obtainable.
Progress 92 will take the place of the Progress 90 car, which undocked from the identical Poisk port on Tuesday (July 1) after a roughly seven-month keep. Progress 90 will expend in Earth’s ambiance shortly — the identical destiny that awaits Progress 92 about six months from now.
Progress 91, which launched on Feb. 27, stays on the station, docked to its Zvezda service module.
Progress is one in every of three cargo ships that ferry provides to the ISS nowadays. The opposite two are non-public American automobiles: Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus and SpaceX’s Dragon.
Like Progress, Cygnus is designed for one-time use, ending its house stays with a fiery demise dive. However Dragon is reusable and might subsequently haul scientific samples and different supplies from the ISS safely again right down to Earth.
Editor’s be aware: This story was up to date at 3:50 p.m. ET on July 3 with information of profitable launch.
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