NASA says it will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of Roscosmos’ uncrewed Progress 94 cargo spacecraft, which is carrying about three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
The mission is scheduled to launch at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on Sunday, March 22, aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to NASA’s media advisory.
NASA’s live launch coverage is set to begin at 7:30 a.m. EDT on NASA+, Amazon Prime and the agency’s YouTube channel.
After a two-day transit, Progress 94 is expected to dock autonomously to the Poisk module’s space-facing port at about 9:34 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24. NASA’s rendezvous and docking coverage is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. EDT.
NASA said the spacecraft is expected to remain docked to the ISS for about six months before departing for a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, disposing of waste loaded by the station crew.
NASA noted that the previous vehicle, Progress 92, undocked from the station on March 16 and re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
The Progress flights are part of regular logistics missions supporting continuous ISS operations. NASA said that for more than 25 years people have lived and worked continuously aboard the orbiting laboratory, which the agency uses to support research and to prepare for longer-duration human missions to the Moon and Mars.
More information about the ISS is available at https://www.nasa.gov/station
