NASA will carry live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station.
The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:43 p.m. AEDT on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Live launch coverage will begin at 7:15 p.m. AEDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.
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 9:47 p.m., Saturday, June 1. NASA coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 9 a.m. on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.
The spacecraft will remain docked at the station for almost six months before departing in late November for a re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.
