posted 12-06-2019 08:32 AM               

Progress MS-13 launches to space station

Russia's Progress MS-13 spacecraft lifted off with cargo for the International Space Station on Friday (Dec. 6). The uncrewed vehicle launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:34 a.m. EST (0934 GMT).

The spacecraft is expected to dock to the Pirs compartment on the space station’s Russian segment at 5:38 a.m. EST (1038 GMT) on Monday (Dec. 9). It will remain at the orbiting laboratory for more than seven months, departing in July 2020 for its deorbit into the Earth's atmosphere.

Progress MS-13 is delivering almost three tons of supplies for the station's Expedition 61/62 crew, including 1,430 pounds (650 kilograms) of propellant, 101 pounds (46 kilograms) of oxygen and 925 pounds (420 kilograms) of water. The vehicle is also carrying research experiments, clothing and food.

posted 12-09-2019 08:04 AM               

Progress MS-13 docks at space station

Russia's Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft docked at 5:35 a.m. EST (1035 GMT) on Monday (Dec. 9) to the Pirs docking compartment at the International Space Station.

posted 07-08-2020 02:11 PM               

Progress MS-13 undocks from space station

Russia's Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 8).

The cargo craft undocked at 2:23 p.m. EDT (1823 GMT) after seven months attached to the Pirs docking compartment. The trash-packed resupply ship will descend into Earth's atmosphere above the South Pacific for its demise.