--- title: "Russian spacecraft carrying goods is directed at the International Space Station" description: "In February, the Russian Progress 80 resupply ship launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-10-27 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2218/russian-spacecraft-carrying-goods-is-directed-at-the-international-space-station category: "space and research" tags: ["technology", "technology news", "space science", "research"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Russian spacecraft carrying goods is directed at the International Space Station On Oct. 25 at 8:20 p.m. EDT, a Soyuz [rocket was launched](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94129/which-rocket-was-launched-on-21st-november-1963-in-india) the unmanned Progress 82 freighter toward the [**International Space Station**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2183/astronomers-have-observed-starlight-pushing-space-dust-for-the-first-time) (ISS) **from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (0020 GMT and 5:20 a.m. local Baikonur time on Oct. 26).** Almost 3 tonnes of food, fuel, and other supplies are being transported by Progress 82 for the Expedition 68 crew aboard the orbiting lab. If everything goes as planned, the freighter will pursue the ISS for two days before finally catching up with it and docking on Thursday, October 27 at 10:49 p.m. EDT (0249 GMT on October 28). Thanks to NASA TV, you can watch the arrival right here on Space.com. The coverage will start at 10:15 p.m. EDT (0215 GMT on Oct. 28). [One of the three](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33133/name-one-of-the-three-players-who-holds-the-scoring-record-31-goals-for-a-38-game-season) robotic spacecraft that currently [transport](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72238/india-s-first-rail-transport-university-will-be-established-at-which-city) cargo to the ISS is Progress. **The Dragon from SpaceX and the Cygnus from Northrop Grumman are the other two privately owned American spaceships**. Progress and Cygnus are disposable spacecraft that explode in Earth's [atmosphere](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2058/robin-wordsworth-re-creates-the-atmosphere-of-ancient-mars) when their orbital period is up, while Dragon is a reusable spacecraft. In fact, the **Progress 80 spacecraft recently perished, departing from the International Space Station on Sunday, October 23, and completing a planned death dive shortly after.** However, Progress 81, which arrived in June, is still docked to the International Space Station. Currently, there are also two crewed [vehicles](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302850/machine-learning-in-autonomous-vehicles-perception-decision-making-and-control) docked with the orbiting lab. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft is [one of them](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47593/what-are-the-prevalent-water-proofing-systems-write-a-short-notes-on-any-one-of-them); it arrived in September. A Russian Soyuz [**spacecraft**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2196/in-2023-the-space-crystals-project-hopes-to-place-human-dna-on-the-moon) is one of them; it arrived in September. One is NASA's Crew-5 mission, which is **being carried out by SpaceX's Crew [Dragon capsule](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115640/how-does-spacex-ensure-the-safety-of-astronauts-in-its-crew-dragon-capsule) [Endurance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48464/who-wrote-the-endurance-my-year-in-space-and-our-journey-to-mars-and-when). On October 5, Endurance was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and it arrived at the ISS the following day.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2218/russian-spacecraft-carrying-goods-is-directed-at-the-international-space-station Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.