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space20 days ago•120 min saved

Progress 96 docks at the ISS with 3 tons of supplies in tow

Russia's Progress 96 cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Sept. 19, delivering about 3 tons of food, fuel and other supplies after launching from Baikonur on Sept. 16; it will remain docked for about five months before being deorbited with trash, and the crew on board includes NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Anil Menon, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, Andrey Fedyaev and Anna Kikina.

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space-exploration23 days ago•133 min saved

Progress 96 lifts off for the ISS with about 3 tons of cargo

Russia launched the Progress 96 cargo freighter atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur today, delivering roughly 3 tons of food, propellant, and supplies to the International Space Station. The three-day rendezvous is expected to bring the freighter to the ISS within about 72 hours, after which it will stay docked for roughly five months before being deorbited over the Pacific. Progress 96 joins other ISS cargo vehicles in ongoing resupply and trash-collection missions.

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space24 days ago•134 min saved

Cygnus XL nudges the ISS higher, priming a Russian cargo rendezvous

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft fired its engines while docked to the ISS, lifting the station into a higher orbit to enable the upcoming Progress 96 resupply mission; the routine maneuver underscores international collaboration in space and links to the long-running legacy of Progress cargo flights dating back to 1978.

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