NASA to air International Space Station cargo ship launch, docking

A Russian cargo spacecraft is set to launch Thursday, Dec 1, to deliver more than two and a half tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station crew. Coverage on NASA Television and the agency’s website begins at 9:30am (EST).

The unpiloted Russian Progress 65 will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The spacecraft is set to dock the rear port of the space station’s Zvezda Service Module at 11:43am Saturday, Dec 3. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 11am. The Progress 65 will spend more than six months docked at the station before departing in June for its de-orbit into the Earth’s atmosphere.