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NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft is scheduled to 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.<\/p>\n
Live launch coverage will begin at 11 p.m. on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency\u2019s<\/a> website. Learn how to stream NASA+ through a variety of platforms including social media.<\/p>\n After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will autonomously dock to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. NASA\u2019s coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 1 a.m., on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency\u2019s<\/a> website.<\/p>\n The spacecraft will remain docked at the station for approximately six months before departing for a re-entry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.<\/p>\n The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that enables research not possible on Earth. For more than 23 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory, through which astronauts have learned to live and work in space for extended periods of time. The space station is a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA\u2019s next great leaps in exploration, including missions to the Moon under Artemis and, ultimately, human exploration of Mars.<\/p>\n Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, and X<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, visit:<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Jimi Russell \/ Julian Coltre Sandra Jones
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
james.j.russell@nasa.gov \/ julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov<\/p>\n
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n