Russian Soyuz Progress Cargo Spacecraft Launches to International Space Station FriendsofNASA.org: An unpiloted Russian Progress 89 cargo craft launched to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. This spacecraft wil

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13K views · 166 reactions | NASA tested the Orion spacecraft forward bay cover's ejection mechanism at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Read more  https://trib.al/D4HK7Nq Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin and Quentin Schwinn | edited by Space.com | Space.com | Facebook

9.8K views · 426 reactions | SpaceX has released the view from of the new Crew Dragon cupola window and Earth that was captured by a camera mounted on exterior of the spacecraft. | Space.com | Facebook