posted 12-01-2023 09:34 AM               

Progress MS-25 launches to space station

The 86th Progress cargo spacecraft to head for the International Space Station, Progress MS-25 is now on its way, having launched on Friday (Dec. 1) at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT or 2:25 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The resupply ship reached its preliminary orbit and deployed solar arrays and navigational antennas to begin a two-day, 34-orbit journey to the space station.

The Progress will dock to the Poisk mini-research module on Sunday (Dec. 3) at 6:14 a.m. EST (1114 GMT).

On board, the Progress is carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 70 crew.

posted 12-03-2023 10:16 AM               

Progress manually docked to space station

The Progress MS-25 spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station's Poisk mini-research module at 6:18 a.m. EST (1118 GMT) on Sunday (Dec. 3).

Cosomonaut Oleg Kononenko took over manual control of the Progress' approach and a problem developed with the ship's KURS automated docking system.

posted 05-28-2024 02:18 PM               

Progress MS-25 undocks, reenters

The Progress MS-25 cargo spacecraft left the Russian segment of the International Space Station on Tuesday (May 28) at 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 GMT or 11:39 a.m. Moscow time) to free up space for a new cargo spacecraft, the Progress MS-27, Roscosmos announced.

The spacecraft entered autonomous flight after undocking. It fired its braking engines to deorbit and enter the atmosphere at 8:21 a.m. EDT (1221 GMT). Most of the spacecraft was expected to burn in the atmosphere, with smaller pieces falling into the Pacific Ocean.

Progress MS-25 will be succeeded by Progress MS-27, which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 and dock to the ISS on June 1.