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A Russian freight traumer will start this afternoon (July 3) towards the International Space Station (ISS) and you can watch the campaign live.
A Sojuz rocket is said to be Edt at 3:32 p.m. (1932 GMT;
NASA will stream the upswing live via NASA+ from 3:10 p.m. Edt (1910 GMT). Space.com will simulate the stream when the agency provides it.
Progress 92 will switch about three tons of food, fuel and other deliveries to the ISS. If everything goes according to plan, the robot freighter will dock Edt (2127 GMT) with the Poisk module of the surrounding laboratory on Saturday (July 5) at 5:27 p.m.
NASA will provide a live stream of rendezvous and docking activities on Saturday at 4.45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT).
Progress 92 will take the 90-vehicle in progress, which was slimmed down on Tuesday (July 1) after a stay of about seven months from the same Poisk port. Progress 90 will soon burn in the earth’s atmosphere – the same fate that is expected in progress 92 in about six months.
Progress 91, which was launched on February 27, stays at the train station and occupies his Zvezda service module.
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The progress is one of three cargo ships that the ISS delivers to the ISS these days. The other two are private American vehicles: Northrup Grummans Cygnus and SpaceX’s dragon.
As with progress, Cygnus is designed for one -off use and ends its place with a fiery death. However, dragon is reusable and can therefore safely transport scientific samples and other materials from the ISS back to earth.
