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NASA to Give Coverage of Progression 89 Launch, Space Station Docking

.NASA will certainly offer online launch and docking protection of a Roscosmos cargo space probe supplying virtually three lots of meals, gas, and also products to the Trip 71 workers aboard the International Spaceport Station.The unpiloted Progression 89 space probe is actually planned 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.Reside launch protection will start at 11 p.m. on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's internet site. Learn just how to stream NASA+ through a variety of platforms including social networking sites.After a two-day in-orbit adventure to the station, the spacecraft is going to autonomously dock to the aft port of the Zvezda company component at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. NASA's insurance coverage of gathering point and also docking are going to begin at 1 a.m., on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site.The spacecraft will certainly remain docked at the place for about six months prior to departing for a re-entry right into Earth's air to get rid of garbage packed due to the workers.The International Spaceport Station is actually a merging of science, innovation, and individual technology that makes it possible for research study certainly not feasible on Earth. For much more than 23 years, NASA has supported an ongoing USA individual existence aboard the orbiting laboratory, through which rocketeers have discovered to live and also function in room for lengthy time periods. The space station is a springboard for building a reduced The planet economy as well as NASA's upcoming wonderful surges in expedition, including goals to the Moon under Artemis and also, inevitably, individual expedition of Mars.Obtain breaking news, images as well as components from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.For more information regarding the International Spaceport Station, its investigation, and also team, see:.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.