NASA to Stream Live Launch and Docking of Russia's Progress 96 Resupply Mission

NASA announced it will provide live streaming of the Progress 96 cargo mission, a Roscosmos-operated resupply flight to the International Space Station. The launch is set for 12:15 p.m. EDT (9:15 p.m. Baikonur time) on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz rocket, with coverage kicking off at 12 p.m. After a two-day transit, the unpiloted spacecraft will autonomously dock to the Poisk module’s space-facing port at 2:37 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, and NASA’s arrival commentary will begin at 1:45 p.m. Progress 96 will stay docked for about five months before departing for a controlled re-entry that will harmlessly burn up over the Pacific Ocean.

The mission follows the undocking of Progress 94 on Sept. 7, which NASA will not stream. The ISS’s continuous habitation supports scientific research and underpins NASA’s Artemis lunar program and future Mars ambitions.