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Russian Space Freighter With Three Tons of Cargo Docks to Station

The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft approaches the space station nearing the Poisk module for a docking two days after introducing from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV
An uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 spacecraft came to the International Space Stations space-facing side of the Poisk module on Thursday, October 27, at 10:49 p.m. EDT. Development provided almost three tons of food, fuel, and materials to the International Space Station (ISS) for the Expedition 68 crew.
The Progress 82 cargo craft lifted off on October 25 at 8:20 p.m. EDT on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos/NASA TELEVISION
Progress 82 released on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:20 p.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time) on Tuesday, October 25. It remained in orbit for 2 days prior to docking to the orbital laboratory.

By NASA
October 28, 2022