The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 86 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 4:25 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 1 (2:25 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit, and deployed its photo voltaic arrays and navigational antennas as deliberate, on its technique to meet up with the orbiting laboratory and its Expedition 70 crew members.
Progress will dock to the station’s Poisk module on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 6:14 a.m. EST. Live coverage on NASA TV of rendezvous and docking will start at 5:30 a.m.
Progress will ship virtually three tons of meals, gas and provides to the house station.
Watch Progress 86 dock reside on the NASA+ streaming service through the web or the NASA app. Docking protection additionally will air reside on NASA Tv, YouTube, and on the company’s website. Discover ways to stream NASA TV by means of a wide range of platforms together with social media.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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