{"id":605853,"date":"2026-04-25T15:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:52:16","slug":"watch-russia-launch-3-tons-of-cargo-to-the-international-space-station-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605853\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Russia launch 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Progress 95 Cargo Ship Launch &#8211; YouTube<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777132334_401_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Progress 95 Cargo Ship Launch - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-7FJUz-54AX0\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7FJUz-54AX0\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7FJUz-54AX0\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch On <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b878c256-86ce-42dc-8342-4a192bca9012\">Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40282-soyuz-rocket.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40282-soyuz-rocket.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40282-soyuz-rocket.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soyuz<\/a> rocket topped with the robotic Progress 95 freighter is scheduled to lift off from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33947-baikonur-cosmodrome.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33947-baikonur-cosmodrome.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33947-baikonur-cosmodrome.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baikonur Cosmodrome<\/a> in Kazakhstan today at 6:21 p.m. EDT (2221 GMT; 3:21 a.m. on April 26 local time).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA. Coverage will start about 20 minutes before launch.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.23%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wySgu9nPNmtP86X59hon43.jpg\" alt=\"a large white rocket launches into a cloudy sky\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wySgu9nPNmtP86X59hon43.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wySgu9nPNmtP86X59hon43.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Soyuz rocket launches the Progress 94 cargo spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 22, 2026. (Image credit: NASA\/Roscosmos)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c5609903-8457-4764-9d75-aed7ac811603\">The Russian freighter, known as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/32645-progress-spacecraft.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/32645-progress-spacecraft.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/32645-progress-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Progress<\/a> 95, is hauling about 3 tons of food, propellant and other supplies to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c5609903-8457-4764-9d75-aed7ac811603-1\">It will dock with the orbiting lab on Monday (April 27) at about 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on Tuesday, April 28). You can watch that arrival at Space.com as well.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s launch will kick off the second Progress mission of the year. Progress 94 lifted off from Baikonur on March 22 and reached the ISS two days later, overcoming the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/russia-progress-94-cargo-launch-iss-soyuz-rocket\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/russia-progress-94-cargo-launch-iss-soyuz-rocket\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/russia-progress-94-cargo-launch-iss-soyuz-rocket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">failed deployment<\/a> of one of its docking antennas.<\/p>\n<p>Progress 94 remains attached to the station. Progress 95 will dock to the port previously occupied by Progress 93, which departed on April 20 to make room for the newcomer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<p>Progress 93 burned up in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17683-earth-atmosphere.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17683-earth-atmosphere.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17683-earth-atmosphere.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/a> over the Pacific Ocean, the fate that awaits all Progress craft when their missions are over. That time will come for Progress 95 about seven months from now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3ff48de7-bd44-4db5-94e1-95614bda44e7\">Progress is one of four cargo spacecraft that resupply the ISS these days, along with Japan&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/japan-htv-x-depart-international-space-station-first-mission\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/japan-htv-x-depart-international-space-station-first-mission\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/japan-htv-x-depart-international-space-station-first-mission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HTV-X<\/a>, Northrop Grumman&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/cygnus-spacecraft.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/cygnus-spacecraft.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/cygnus-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cygnus<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a>&#8216;s Dragon capsule.<\/p>\n<p>All are expendable except Dragon, which \u2014 like its astronaut-carrying counterpart, Crew Dragon \u2014 makes parachute-aided ocean splashdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Progress 95 Cargo Ship Launch &#8211; YouTube Watch On Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-605853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}