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Progress 96 Cargo Spacecraft Counts Down to Launch from Kazakhstan

The trash-packed Progress 93 cargo spacecraft from Roscosmos departs the International Space Station after seven months docked to the Zvezda service module's aft port. Several hours later, Progress 93 reentered the Earth's atmosphere for a fiery, but safe demise above the South Pacific Ocean.
The trash-packed Progress 93 cargo spacecraft from Roscosmos departs the International Space Station on April 20, 2026, after seven months docked to the Zvezda service module’s aft port.
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NASA is streaming live coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft launch carrying about three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station. Watch online at:  https://www.nasa.gov/live

The unpiloted Progress 96 resupply spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 9:33 a.m. EDT (6:33 p.m. Baikonur time), Wednesday, Sept. 16, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s live launch coverage will begin at 9:15 a.m. 

After a three-day trip, Progress will dock autonomously to the Poisk module’s space-facing port at 9:46 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. NASA’s arrival coverage will begin at 9 a.m. 

The spacecraft will remain docked to the orbiting laboratory for about five months before departing to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, where it will harmlessly burn up over the Pacific Ocean. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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