Resupply Rocket Launches On Two-Day Delivery Mission To International Space Station

By  //  July 16, 2016

unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo craft

Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo craft launched Saturday at 5:41 p.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA image)
Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo craft launched Saturday at 5:41 p.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA image)

KAZAKHSTAN – Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo craft launched Saturday at 5:41 p.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

At the time of launch, the International Space Station was flying about 250 miles over Eastern Chad.

Less than 10 minutes after launch, the resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned.

The Russian cargo craft will chase the station during the next two days before docking to the Pirs Docking Compartment at the orbiting laboratory at 8:22 p.m. Monday, July 18.

The Progress 64 will spend more than six months docked at the outpost before departing in mid-January for its deorbit into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Beginning at 7:45 p.m. Monday, NASA Television will provide live coverage of Progress 64’s arrival at the space station’s Pirs Docking Compartment.

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