Russia’s Progress MS-23 autonomous resupply spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station to deliver supplies and experiments for the Expedition 69 crew.
The spacecraft launched atop a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. (12:56 UTC) May 24, 2023, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Docking with the space-facing Poisk module occurred just over three hours later at 12:19 p.m. EDT (16:19 UTC) — roughly two orbits after liftoff.
Being delivered is a complete of 5,493 kilos (2,492 kilograms) of supplies, which breaks right down to 1,080 kilos (490 kilograms) of propellants, 88 kilos (40 kilograms) of nitrogen, 926 kilos (420 kilograms) of water and three,399 kilos (1,542 kilograms) of dry goods.
These supplies are for the seven-person Expedition 69 crew, which incorporates Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi.
Also aboard the ISS are the 4 private Axiom-2 astronauts — Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson, spaceflight participant John Shoffner and Saudi Arabian astronauts Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. The Axiom-2 crew are expected to return to Earth on May 30.
Progress MS-23 is predicted to stay attached to the Poisk module until at the least November. Before undocking, it’ll be loaded with trash and unneeded equipment, which is able to burn up with the spacecraft Earth’s atmosphere after a deorbit disposal burn.