posted 07-23-2020 09:56 AM               

Progress MS-15 launches to space station

Russia's Progress MS-15 spacecraft lifted off with cargo for the International Space Station on Thursday (July 23). The uncrewed vehicle launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:26 a.m EDT (1426 GMT or 7:26 p.m. local time).

The spacecraft is expected to dock to the Pirs docking compartment on the space station's Russian segment after a two-orbit rendezvous at 1:47 p.m EDT (1747 GMT). It will remain at the orbiting laboratory for five months, departing in December for its deorbit into the Earth's atmosphere.

Progress MS-15 is delivering about three tons of supplies for the station's Expedition 63 crew, including 1,322 pounds (600 kilograms) of propellant, 101 pounds (46 kilograms) of oxygen and 926 pounds (420 kilograms) of water. The vehicle is also carrying research experiments, clothing and food.

posted 07-23-2020 10:42 AM               

Progress MS-15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and I managed to capture the launch (lift-off, the pitch of the rocket and separation of the first stage) from the International Space Station.

Waiting the docking in less than 3 hours!

posted 07-23-2020 12:49 PM               

Progress MS-15 docks at space station

Russia's Progress MS-15 cargo spacecraft docked at 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 GMT) on Thursday (July 23) to the Pirs docking compartment, 3 hours and 19 minutes after launch.

posted 02-09-2021 09:22 AM               

Progress MS-15 undocks from space station

Russia's Progress MS-15 cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday (Feb. 9).

The cargo craft undocked at 12:21 a.m. EST (0521 GMT) after 201 days attached to the Pirs docking compartment. The trash-packed resupply ship re-entered Earth's atmosphere above the South Pacific at 4:13 a.m. EST (0913 GMT).

posted 02-09-2021 12:47 PM            

Crew Dragon Resilience watched Progress 76P depart the space station today. Goodbye fellow space traveler

From Soichi Noguchi (via Twitter):

Farewell, Progress 76P MS-15! Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from ISS, and successfully burned up.