The Roscosmos launched the 89th Progress Cargo Spacecraft to the ISS on August 14, 2024. The uncrewed Progress MS-28 freighter spacecraft was launched atop the Soyuz rocket on August 15 at 11:20 p.m. EDT (0320 GMT and 8:20 local Baikonur time on Aug. 15) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Progress MS-28 spacecraft is carrying around 3 tonnes of food, scientific equipment, and other supplies for the astronauts abroad at the space station.
The spacecraft is set to autonomously dock at the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 1:56 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The spacecraft will remain docked to the ISS for six months before it re-enters the earth carrying the trash disposed of by the astronauts.
The spacecraft will also carry clothes and other supplies for the Boeing Starliner crew. The Starliner spacecraft’s first crewed test flight mission, which was originally only 8 days long, kept extending due to multiple helium leaks and thruster malfunctions.
The astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore remain on the ISS as NASA and Boeing engineers find a solution to ensure the crew’s safe return to Earth.
