Progress Cargo Spacecraft Launches; Headed for a Saturday Docking

The Progress 90 spacecraft is pictured moments before launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA
The Progress 90 spacecraft is pictured moments before launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 90 spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the space-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Poisk module at 9:36 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 23.

NASA’s coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:45 a.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

The spacecraft will deliver about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station.


Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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