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NASA to Deliver Coverage of Progression 89 Launch, Spaceport Station Docking

.NASA will certainly supply live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos payload space capsule providing almost three lots of meals, fuel, and also materials to the Exploration 71 workers aboard the International Space Station.The unpiloted Progression 89 space probe is arranged to launch at 11:20 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14 (8:20 a.m. Baikonur time, Thursday, Aug. 15), on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Reside launch coverage will definitely begin at 11 p.m. on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's web site. Discover just how to stream NASA+ via a selection of systems consisting of social networking sites.After a two-day in-orbit trip to the station, the space capsule is going to autonomously dock to the aft port of the Zvezda company module at 1:56 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 17. NASA's insurance coverage of gathering point and also docking will certainly start at 1 a.m., on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the company's site.The spacecraft will certainly remain dropped anchor at the station for approximately 6 months just before leaving for a re-entry into Planet's atmosphere to throw away trash packed due to the workers.The International Space Station is a confluence of science, modern technology, and human advancement that permits analysis certainly not feasible on Earth. For much more than 23 years, NASA has assisted a continuous U.S. individual existence aboard the orbiting research laboratory, where astronauts have actually learned to stay as well as function in area for lengthy amount of times. The space station is actually a jumping-off place for building a reduced Planet economic situation and also NASA's upcoming excellent surges in exploration, featuring purposes to the Moon under Artemis and also, eventually, human exploration of Mars.Get breaking information, photos as well as features coming from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.For additional information about the International Spaceport Station, its research, and also staff, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.Jimi Russell/ Julian ColtreHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100james.j.russell@nasa.gov/ julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.