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NASA to Deliver Protection of Progression 89 Introduce, Space Station Docking

.NASA will definitely deliver online launch and docking protection of a Roscosmos payload space capsule providing nearly 3 tons of food, gas, and also supplies to the Expedition 71 team aboard the International Space Station.The unpiloted Progression 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 coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Reside launch coverage are going to start at 11 p.m. on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's site. Learn just how to flow NASA+ by means of a variety of systems consisting of social media.After a two-day in-orbit quest to the station, the space probe will autonomously dock to the aft slot of the Zvezda service component at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. NASA's coverage of gathering point as well as docking will begin at 1 a.m., on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site.The spacecraft will certainly stay anchored at the place for around six months before leaving for a re-entry into Planet's air to deal with waste filled by the workers.The International Spaceport Station is a convergence of scientific research, modern technology, and human advancement that allows investigation certainly not possible in the world. For greater than 23 years, NASA has actually assisted an ongoing united state individual existence aboard the orbiting research laboratory, through which rocketeers have actually discovered to live and operate in room for extended time periods. The spaceport station is actually a springboard for establishing a low Earth economic condition and NASA's next wonderful jumps in exploration, consisting of objectives to the Moon under Artemis and also, essentially, human expedition of Mars.Acquire breaking news, images and also functions coming from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.To learn more about the International Space Station, its own analysis, as well as workers, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Jimi Russell/ Julian ColtreHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100james.j.russell@nasa.gov/ julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.