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<\/a>The uncrewed Russian Progress 78 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station<\/a> following launch at 7:27 p.m. (4:27 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s ISS Progress 78 resupply ship blasted off today at 7:27pm ET and will dock to the station on Thursday at 9:03pm. More\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/i174ZK82TS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oGgR4kJIFn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 International Space Station (@Space_Station) June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned for a two-day rendezvous on its way to meet up with the orbiting laboratory and its Expedition 65<\/a> crew members.<\/p>\n After making 34 orbits of Earth on its journey, Progress will dock to the station\u2019s Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Russian segment at 9:03 p.m. Thursday, July 1. Live coverage<\/a> on NASA TV of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n Carrying more than 3,600 pounds\u00a0of food, fuel, and supplies for the\u00a0Expedition 65\u00a0crew, the Progress 78 resupply spacecraft will spend almost five months at the station. The cargo craft is scheduled to perform an automated undocking and relocation to the new \u201cNauka\u201d Multipurpose Laboratory Module in late October. Named for the Russian word for \u201cscience,\u201d Nauka is planned to launch to the space station in mid-July.<\/p>\n Progress 78 will undock from the orbiting laboratory in November for a re-entry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere that results in its safe destruction.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the the space station blog<\/a>, @Space_Station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter as well as the ISS Instagram<\/a> and ISS Facebook<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The uncrewed Russian Progress 78 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 7:27 p.m. (4:27 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia\u2019s ISS Progress 78 resupply ship blasted off today at 7:27pm ET and will dock to the station on Thursday at 9:03pm. \u2026 Continue reading \n