Russian Progress MS-31 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-31 Cargo Spacecraft Launch | International Space Station

An unpiloted Roscosmos Progress MS-31 cargo spacecraft (Russian) was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket at 3:32pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Thursday, July 3, 2025 (12:32am, local Baikonur time, Friday, July 4). It carries 2625 kg of cargo to the International Space Station, including equipment for scientific experiments, food, clothing, 950 kg of fuel, 420 kg of drinking water and 50 kg of nitrogen. After a two-day, in-orbit journey to the station, the Roscosmos Progress spacecraft will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Poisk module at approximately 5:27 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 5.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: Roscosmos/NASA/JSC

Duration: 31 seconds

Capture Date: July 3, 2025

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