Russia launched its Progress 95 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on April 25. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:21 p.m. EDT.
Progress 95 is carrying approximately 3 tons of food, propellant, and other supplies. It is scheduled to dock with the ISS on April 27 at approximately 8 p.m. EDT.
Mission Context
This is the second Progress mission in 2025. Progress 94, launched on March 22, is currently docked. Progress 95 will dock at the port previously occupied by Progress 93, which undocked on April 20 and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Progress 95 is expected to remain attached to the ISS for about seven months before being deorbited. Following its mission, it will be filled with trash and directed to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
Resupply Fleet
Progress is one of four cargo spacecraft types resupplying the ISS, alongside Japan's HTV-X, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus, and SpaceX's Dragon. Dragon is the only one that returns to Earth intact; the others burn up on reentry.
Prior Mission Details
The Progress 94 mission launched on March 22 at 7:59 a.m. EDT (1159 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket, delivering approximately 3 tons of supplies. It docked with the ISS's Poisk module on March 24 at approximately 9:34 a.m. EDT (1334 GMT). Progress 94 replaced Progress 92, which undocked from the Poisk module on March 16. Progress 94 was expected to remain docked for about six months.