Russia launches 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan (video)

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Liftoff occurred Saturday (April 25) at 6:21 p.m. ET.

Russia launched its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station on Saturday (April 25).

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Progress 95 cargo ship toward the International Space Station on April 25, 2026.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Progress 95 cargo ship toward the International Space Station on April 25, 2026. (Image credit: Roscosmos/NASA)

Progress 95 docked with the orbiting lab on Monday (April 27) at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on Tuesday, April 28) as planned.

Saturday's launch kicked 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 failed deployment of one of its docking antennas.

Progress 94 remains attached to the station. Progress 95 docked to the port previously occupied by Progress 93, which departed on April 20 to make room for the newcomer.

Progress 93 burned up in Earth's atmosphere 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.

Progress is one of four cargo spacecraft that resupply the ISS these days, along with Japan's HTV-X, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus and SpaceX's Dragon capsule.

All are expendable except Dragon, which — like its astronaut-carrying counterpart, Crew Dragon — makes parachute-aided ocean splashdowns.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 6:30 p.m. ET on April 25 with news of successful liftoff, then again at 10:45 p.m. ET on April 27 with news of docking.

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Mike Wall
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Michael Wall is the Spaceflight and Tech Editor for Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers human and robotic spaceflight, military space, and exoplanets, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, "Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.