Russian Soyuz Progress Cargo Spacecraft Launches to International Space Station FriendsofNASA.org: An unpiloted Russian Progress 89 cargo craft launched to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock to the aft port of the orbiting laboratory’s Zvezda Service module at 1:56 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. This spacecraft wil