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<\/a>The Expedition 66<\/a> crew is getting ready for a pair of cargo missions launching from Kazakhstan and the United States next week. The Progress and Cygnus resupply ships will be delivering several tons of food, fuel, and supplies to replenish the seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s ISS Progress 80 cargo craft will roll out this weekend at Kazakhstan\u2019s Baikonur Cosmodrome and begin counting down to its lift off on Feb. 14 at 11:25 p.m. EST<\/a>. The Progress 80 will orbit the Earth for just over two days before automatically docking to the Poisk module<\/a> on Feb. 17 at 2:06 a.m. with nearly three tons of cargo.<\/p>\n Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov<\/a> and Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> trained today on a computer for the Progress 80\u2019s arrival. The duo from Roscosmos will be at the controls of the tele-operated robotic unit, or TORU, in the Zvezda service module<\/a> monitoring the cargo craft\u2019s approach and rendezvous. In the unlikely event the Progress 80 is unable to dock on its own, the cosmonauts will be able to use the TORU and manually guide the vehicle to a docking on Poisk.<\/p>\n The next cargo craft to visit the station will be Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus space freighter after it launches from Virginia on Feb. 19 at 12:40 p.m. The Cygnus will arrive at the station on Feb. 21 where it will be captured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm<\/a> at 4:35 a.m. and installed to the Unity module<\/a> a few hours later.<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Raja Chari<\/a> and Kayla Barron<\/a> joined each other Friday and reviewed robotics procedures necessary to capture Cygnus after it reaches a distance of about 10 meters from the station. Chari will be in the cupola<\/a> commanding the Canadarm2 to reach out and grapple Cygnus while Barron backs him up and monitors vehicle systems. Ground controllers will take over afterward and remotely guide the robotic arm with Cygnus in its grip and install the U.S. cargo craft to Unity\u2019s Earth-facing port where it will stay for three months.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Expedition 66 crew is getting ready for a pair of cargo missions launching from Kazakhstan and the United States next week. The Progress and Cygnus resupply ships will be delivering several tons of food, fuel, and supplies to replenish the seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. Russia\u2019s ISS Progress 80 cargo \u2026 Continue reading
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