posted 02-14-2024 09:34 PM               

Progress MS-26 launches to space station

The 87th Progress cargo spacecraft to head for the International Space Station, Progress MS-26 is now on its way, having launched on Wednesday (Feb. 14) at 10:25 p.m. EST (0325 GMT or 8:25 a.m. local time on Feb. 15) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The resupply ship reached its preliminary orbit and deployed solar arrays and navigational antennas to begin a two-day, 34-orbit journey to the space station.

The Progress will dock to the Zvezda service module on Saturday (Feb. 17) at 1:25 a.m. EST (0625 GMT).

On board, the Progress is carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew.

posted 02-17-2024 09:39 AM               

Progress docks to space station

The Progress MS-26 spacecraft docked to the aft port of the International Space Station's Zvezda service module on Saturday (Feb. 17) at 1:06 a.m. EST (0606 GMT) as the orbiting laboratory was 260 miles over the south Pacific Ocean.