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NASA to Supply Protection of Progress 89 Launch, Spaceport Station Docking

.NASA will give online launch and also docking protection of a Roscosmos freight space capsule supplying virtually 3 tons of food, gas, and also materials to the Exploration 71 crew aboard the International Spaceport Station.The unpiloted Progress 89 space probe is actually arranged to go for 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.Live launch coverage are going to start at 11 p.m. on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's website. Know just how to flow NASA+ via an assortment of platforms consisting of social media sites.After a two-day in-orbit quest to the station, the space probe is going to autonomously dock to the aft slot of the Zvezda company module at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. NASA's protection of gathering point and docking are going to start at 1 a.m., on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's web site.The spacecraft is going to continue to be anchored at the station for approximately 6 months before departing for a re-entry right into Earth's air to dispose of junk packed by the staff.The International Space Station is a convergence of science, modern technology, as well as human advancement that allows study not possible in the world. For more than 23 years, NASA has sustained an ongoing USA individual existence aboard the orbiting research laboratory, where astronauts have actually discovered to reside and function in space for prolonged time periods. The spaceport station is actually a jumping-off place for cultivating a low Planet economy and also NASA's upcoming terrific surges in expedition, including goals to the Moon under Artemis and also, ultimately, human expedition of Mars.Receive breaking news, pictures and also components coming from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.For more information regarding the International Space Station, its research, and workers, 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.