posted 02-13-2021 11:27 AM               

Progress MS-16 to resupply station, remove Pirs

Loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies, Russia's Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday (Feb. 14) at 11:45 p.m. EST (0445 GMT or 12:45 p.m. Feb. 15 local time) to resupply the International Space Station.

The spacecraft is set to dock to the Pirs compartment on Wednesday (Feb. 17) at 1:20 a.m. EST (0620 GMT).

Progress MS-16 will later detach Pirs from the space station in preparation for the arrival of the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module to be launched on a Proton rocket. The Pirs undocking will occur a few days after Nauka's launch after Russian flight controllers confirm a good vehicle in orbit heading to the station.

posted 02-14-2021 10:55 PM               

Progress MS-16 launches to space station

The Progress MS-16 spacecraft lifted off with for the International Space Station on Sunday (Feb. 14) as scheduled. The uncrewed vehicle launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:45 p.m. EST (0445 GMT or 12:45 p.m. Feb. 15 local time).

The spacecraft is expected to dock with the Pirs compartment on Wednesday (Feb. 17) at 1:20 a.m. EST (0620 GMT).

Progress MS-16 is delivering about 2.7 tons of supplies for the Expedition 64 crew, including 1,300 pounds (600 kg) of propellant, 89 pounds (40 kg) of compressed gases and 926 pounds (420 kg) of water. The vehicle is also packed with about 3,085 pounds (1,400 kg) of science experiments, research equipment, clothing and food.

posted 02-17-2021 12:30 AM               

Progress docks to station under manual control

Russia's Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft was successfully docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment at 1:27 a.m. EST (0627 GMT) on Wednesday (Feb. 17).

The docking was executed under manual control by Expedition 64 commander Sergey Ryzhikov using the TORU system from on board the space station after there was a problem with the automated Kurs docking system on the vehicle's first approach to the Pirs module.

posted 07-26-2021 10:05 AM               

Progress MS-16 undocks with Pirs module

Russia's Progress MS-16 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station while attached to the Pirs docking compartment at 6:55 a.m. EDT (1055 GMT) on Monday (July 26).

The cargo spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and was destroyed over the south Pacific Ocean four hours after departing the space station.

posted 07-26-2021 04:30 PM            

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