Space Delivery Arrives After Roscosmos Cargo Craft Docks
Posted: Sept. 6, 2024
By:
Daisy Dobrijevic
Category: International Space Station (ISS)
The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft arrived at the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 1:53 a.m. EDT, Saturday, Aug. 17. The spacecraft launched at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 (8:20 a.m. Baikonur time, Thursday, Aug. 15), on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Roscosmos spacecraft is delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station and will remain docked for approximately six months before departing for a re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.
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It will remain docked for about six months before re-entering Earth's atmosphere to dispose of trash.
By: Robert
Date Added:
Sep 6, 2024