An uncrewed Russian cargo ship efficiently docked on the Worldwide House Station early Saturday (Aug. 17) to ship tons of contemporary gear, meals and different important provides.
The automated Progress 89 spacecraft linked up with the Worldwide House Station (ISS) at 1:53 a.m. EDT (0553 GMT) on the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module as each spacecraft sailed 260 miles (418 km) over the South Pacific Ocean.
“Contact confirmed, docking confirmed,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias mentioned throughout dwell commentary because the Progress spacecraft arrived. “Progress has reached the Worldwide House Station.”
Russia’s area company Roscosmos launched Progress 89 to the ISS atop a Soyuz rocket on Wednesday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is carrying 2.8 tons of provides for the area station’s seven individual Expedition 71 crew and two Boeing Starliner astronauts additionally aboard.
The provides aboard Progress 89 embody 2,648 kilos (1,201 kilograms) of meals, gear and different dry items, 2,094 kilos (949 kg) of propellant, 926 kilos (420 kg) of water and 110 kilos (50 kg) of nitrogen.
The cargo ship will stay docked on the ISS for six months earlier than being backed with trash and unneeded gadgets to be disposed of by burning up in Earth’s environment, NASA officers mentioned.
