Russian Soyuz Rocket Launches Cargo Spacecraft | International Space Station

Russian Soyuz Rocket Launches Cargo Spacecraft | International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Progress MS-35 cargo spacecraft was launched successfully today, September 16, 2026, at 13:34 UTC/ 9:33 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The unpiloted Roscosmos cargo spacecraft will autonomously dock to the Russian Poisk module's space-facing port on the International Space Station. This is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 13:47 UTC/9:46 a.m. EDT. The Russian cargo spacecraft has 842 kilograms of fuel, 420 kilograms of water and 50 kilograms of oxygen. Progress 96 is delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the orbiting laboratory in total.

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Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Jessica Meir
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon

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.

Image Credit: Roscosmos
Release Date: Sept. 16, 2026

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