NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 96 resupply spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 12:15 p.m. EDT (9:15 p.m. Baikonur time), Wednesday, Sept. 9, on a […]
NASA will broadcast the launch and docking of the Russian cargo spacecraft Progress 96 on Wednesday, September 9, at 12:15 p.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, carrying approximately three tons of provisions, will enter an orbit 267 miles above Earth. Live coverage will commence at 12 p.m., with the docking of Progress to the Poisk module's space-facing port scheduled for 2:37 p.m. on Friday, September 11.
The spacecraft is set to remain docked to the International Space Station for about five months before its return to Earth's atmosphere, where it will burn up harmlessly over the Pacific Ocean. Progress 96 will replace Progress 94, which is scheduled to undock from the space station on Monday, September 7, at 11:18 a.m. and will proceed to a destructive re-entry.
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