iss073e0424353 (Aug. 7, 2025) --- The Progress 92 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station one month after docking to the Poisk module and delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew.
iss069e037006 (July 26, 2023) --- The ISS Progress 84 cargo craft is pictured docked to the Poisk module on the International Space Station.
iss070e001769 (Oct. 4, 2023) --- The Roscosmos Progress 84 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module.
iss063e025865 (June 10, 2020) --- Russia's Progress 74 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment as the orbital complex was orbiting over northern Iraq.
iss051e031894 (May 1, 2017) --- The Progress 66 cargo craft is seen docked to the Pirs docking compartment as the International Space Station orbits about 250 miles above Earth.
iss067e110331 (June 3, 2022) --- The Progress 81 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Zvezda service module's rear port.
iss068e025336 (Nov. 27, 2022) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, loaded with over 7,700 pounds of science, supplies, and cargo, approaches the International Space Station for a docking.
iss069e014407 (May 26, 2023) --- The ISS Progress 84 cargo craft from Roscosmos is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module.
iss066e083565 (Nov. 26, 2021) --- Two Russian spaceships and a new docking module are pictured attached to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module in the foreground. Behind the Soyuz is the Progress delivery craft attached to the new Prichal docking module now parked on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Enroute for docking, the 16-foot-long Russian docking compartment Pirs (the Russian word for pier) approaches the International Space Station (ISS). Pirs will provide a docking port for future Russian Soyuz or Progress craft, as well as an airlock for extravehicular activities. Pirs was launched September 14, 2001 from Baikonur in Russia.
iss070e060730 (Jan. 8, 2024) --- The Roscosmos Progress 86 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module. The Progress 86 docked to Poisk on Dec. 3, 2023, delivering almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expeditipn 70 crew and will stay docked until late May.
iss057e105773 (Nov. 22, 2018) --- Three spacecraft are pictured attached to the International Space Station as the orbital complex orbited 250 miles above the Bay of Bengal. At center is the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft from the United States attached to the Unity module and still in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. To the right of Cygnus is the Russian Soyuz MS-09 crew ship from Roscosmos docked to the Rassvet module. At far right is the Russian Progress 70 cargo craft docked to the Poisk module.
iss070e129454 (March 23, 2024) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, on NASA's 30th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-30) mission, approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port.
iss068e035568 (Dec. 29, 2022) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station's space-facing port on the Harmony module. In the foreground, is the Dextre fine-tuned robotic hand attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
iss066e086723 (Dec. 6, 2021) --- Pictured as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above the Algeria-Tunisia border are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Prichal module, still attached to the Progress delivery craft, docked to the Nauka multipurpose module.
iss053e235199 (Nov. 20, 2017) --- The Progress 68 (68P) cargo craft is pictured docked to the Pirs docking compartment. The 68P arrived at the International Space Station on Oct. 16, 2017, with food, fuel and supplies two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
iss066e086732 (Dec. 6, 2021) --- Pictured as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above the Mediterranean Sea are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Prichal module, still attached to the Progress delivery craft, docked to the Nauka multipurpose module.
iss066e086734 (Dec. 6, 2021) --- Pictured as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above the Tyrrhenian Sea are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Prichal module, still attached to the Progress delivery craft, docked to the Nauka multipurpose module.
iss048e045888 (07/29/2016) --- The visual scope looking down at the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. Currently seen docked to Pirs is the ISS Progress 64 cargo craft, which delivered over 3 tons of food, fuel and supplies to the crew of Expedition 48
iss067e110329 (June 3, 2022) --- The Progress 81 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Zvezda service module's rear port. In the foreground, is the Soyuz MS-21 crew ship docked to the Prichal dokcing module on the orbiting lab's Russian segment.
iss073e0429326 (Aug. 14, 2025) --- The Progress 91 resupply ship, docked to the rear port of the Zvezda service module, fires its thrusters to reboost the International Space Station’s orbit. This maneuver sets the correct altitude for the arrival of the next Roscosmos cargo craft, Progress 93, scheduled to launch and dock in September.
iss068e025344 (Nov. 27, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada is pictured inside the seven-window cupola as the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking.
iss071e464298 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- The Progress 87 cargo craft, packed with trash and discarded gear, departs the International Space Station following a six-month resupply mission docked to the Zvezda service module's rear port.
iss070e128430 (March 23, 2024) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, smile for a portrait shortly after the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft docked to the International Space Station.
iss066e008343 (Oct. 22, 2021) --- Russia's ISS Progress 78 cargo craft is pictured docked to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the south Pacific Ocean into an orbital sunset.
iss064e005529 (Nov. 23, 2020) --- A pair of docked Russian spaceships, (from left) the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship and the Progress 76 cargo craft, are pictured as the International Space Station orbited above the South Atlantic Ocean.
iss071e464295 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- The Progress 87 cargo craft, packed with trash and discarded gear, departs the International Space Station following a six-month resupply mission docked to the Zvezda service module's rear port.
iss070e035485 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- The Progress 86 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station's Poisk module ahead of its docking at 6:18 a.m. EST.
iss054e022072 (Jan. 12, 2018) --- The International Space Station orbits above the Falkland Islands off the coast of the southern-most portion of Argentina on the continent of South America. In the upper-right of the photograph is the docked Progress 68 cargo craft.
iss065e056881 (May 3, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship (foreground) and the ISS Progress 77 cargo craft are pictured docked to the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above South America.
iss068e025351 (Nov. 27, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann is pictured inside the seven-window cupola as the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking.
iss060e014984 (July 29, 2019) --- Russia's Progress 72 cargo craft is pictured shortly before undocking from the Pirs docking compartment. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above Mozambique when this photograph was taken.
iss070e035477 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- The Progress 86 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station's Poisk module ahead of its docking at 6:18 a.m. EST.
iss070e035483 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- The Progress 86 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station's Poisk module ahead of its docking at 6:18 a.m. EST.
iss072e277987 (Nov. 23, 2024) --- The Progress 90 cargo craft nears the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies replenishing the Expedition 72 crew.
iss064e057795 (April 12, 2021) --- Two spaceships are pictured attached to the International Space Station as it flies into an orbital sunset 260 miles above Nigeria. From left, are the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Progress 77 cargo craft docked to the Pirs docking compartment. A portion of the Northrop Grumman space freighter, with one of its prominent cymbal-shaped solar arrays, is pictured at lower left.
iss064e037004 (Feb. 23, 2021) --- Three spaceships, one from the United States and two from Russia, are pictured attached to different ports on the International Space Station. From left are, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter installed to the Harmony module; the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module; and the Progress 77 cargo craft docked to the Pirs docking compartment. The orbital complex was flying 261 miles above the Bay of Bengal at the time this photograph was taken.
iss054e042055 (Feb. 11, 2018) --- Russia's Soyuz MS-07 crew ship (foreground) and Progress 68 cargo craft are seen docked to the Earth-facing ports of the International Space Station's Russian segment. The Soyuz is docked to the Rassvet module and the Progress is attached to the Pirs docking compartment. The space station was orbiting 253 miles above the northern United States when this photograph was taken by an Expedition 54 crew member.
iss064e042043 (March 12, 2021) --- Two Russian spacecraft are seen docked to the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above southern Argentina. At left, is the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship that will soon undock from the Rassvet module and relocate to the Poisk module making room for three new crew members due to launch April 9 aboard the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship. At right, is the aft end of the Progress 77 cargo craft docked to the Pirs docking compartment.
iss072e576226 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- The Soyuz MS-26 crew ship that launched NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to the International Space Station is pictued docked to the orbital outpost's Rassvet module. At left, is the Pirs docking compartment where Soyuz crew ships and Progress cargo craft can also dock.
ISS040-E-070861 (22 July 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Suraev, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
ISS040-E-070857 (22 July 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Skvortsov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
ISS040-E-070856 (22 July 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Skvortsov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
ISS040-E-070859 (22 July 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 56 spacecraft. Skvortsov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 56 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 2014.
iss073e0000706 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
iss073e0001147 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
iss059e121391 (June 22, 2019) --- Two docked Russian spaceships, including the Soyuz MS-12 crew craft and the Progress 72 space freighter, are highlighted in this image as the International Space Station was about to cross South America 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
iss073e0000701 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
iss073e0000707 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
iss073e0000431 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
ISS035-E-029908 (26 April 2013) --- Surrounded by the blackness of space, the Russian Progress 51 cargo craft approaches the Zvezda service module (out of frame)of the International Space Station on April 26, 2013. The unmanned cargo vehicle minutes later successfully docked with the orbital outpost.
iss073e0000702 (April 22, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port. Dragon delivered about 6,700 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies replenishing the Expedition 73 crew.
ISS035-E-029910 (26 April 2013) --- Surrounded by the blackness of space, the Russian Progress 51 cargo craft approaches the Zvezda service module (out of frame) of the International Space Station on April 26, 2013. The unmanned cargo vehicle minutes later successfully docked with the orbital outpost.
ISS038-E-006656 (22 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 53 spacecraft. Kotov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 53 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the aft port of Zvezda at 5:28 p.m. (EST) on Nov. 29.
ISS038-E-006660 (22 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 53 spacecraft. Kotov, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 53 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the aft port of Zvezda at 5:28 p.m. (EST) on Nov. 29.
ISS038-E-006663 (22 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 38 flight engineer, practices manual docking techniques with the TORU, or telerobotically operated rendezvous system, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation for the docking of the Progress 53 spacecraft. Tyurin, using the Simvol-TS screen and hand controllers, could manually dock the Progress to the station in the event of a failure of the Kurs automated docking system. The Progress 53 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the aft port of Zvezda at 5:28 p.m. (EST) on Nov. 29.
iss061e061561 (Nov. 29, 2019) --- Russia's Progress 73 (73P) cargo craft is pictured departing the International Space Station after undocking from the Pirs docking compartment. Loaded with trash, the 73P was deorbited a few hours later and burned up safely over the Pacific Ocean.
iss068e025356 (Nov. 27, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pictured inside the seven-window cupola as the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking.
ISS031-E-079555 (30 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured during its final hours of being docked to the International Space Station. On May 31 it is scheduled to be released by the Canadaarm2 robotic arm and head toward a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
iss064e035805 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- The International Space Station, pictured with Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft attached to the Pirs docking compartment, orbits into a sunset 270 miles above the South Pacific. This long duration photograph also shows Earth's airglow (a faint emission of light in the upper atmosphere) and a starry night sky.
ISS035-E-029752 (26 April 2013) --- Russian cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, foreground, and Alexander Misurkin busy themselves with various chores in the Zvezda service module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station during the rendezvous and docking of the Progress 51 cargo craft.
iss071e155697 (June 1, 2024) --- The Progress 88 resupply ship from Roscosmos approaches the International Space Station packed with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew. The cargo craft would dock to the Poisk module moments later for a five-month stay at the orbital outpost.
ISS035-E-029899 (26 April 2013) --- Backdropped by clouds, the Russian Progress 51 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station (out of frame) on April 26, 2013. The unmanned cargo vehicle later successfully docked with the orbital outpost.
ISS031-E-079332 (31 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, after spending the better part of a week docked to the International Space Station, is suspended in the grasp of the Candarm2 robotic arm some 240 miles above the home planet prior to its May 31 return.
iss059e025269 (April 19, 2019) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm is positioned to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft as it approaches its capture point with the International Space Station orbiting 255 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Highlighting the foreground is the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module.
iss064e044526 (March 19, 2021) --- Two Russian spaceships (from left), the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship and the ISS Progress 77 cargo craft, are pictured docked to the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunrise 264 miles above the South Pacific.
iss064e044527 (March 19, 2021) --- Two Russian spaceships (from left), the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship and the ISS Progress 77 cargo craft, are pictured docked to the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above Kazakhstan with an aurora glowing near the horizon.
iss064e005206 (Nov. 20, 2020) --- A pair of docked Russian spaceships, (from left) the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship and the Progress 76 cargo craft, are pictured as the International Space Station orbited above the Atlantic Ocean during an orbital sunset.
iss068e019673 (Oct. 28, 2022) --- The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft, packed with three tons of food, fuel, and supplies, is pictured shortly after docking to the International Space Station's Poisk module following a two-day trip that began with a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
iss061e066699 (Dec. 3, 2019) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov trains on a computer inside the Zvezda service module for the unlikely scenario he would need to telerobotically maneuver a Russian cargo craft to a docking port on the International Space Station.
iss073e0284397 (July 5, 2025) --- Roscosmos' Progress 92 cargo craft carrying nearly 3,000 pounds of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the orbital outpost's Poisk module.
iss064e035806 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- The International Space Station, pictured with Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft attached to the Pirs docking compartment, orbits into a sunset 270 miles above the South Pacific. This long duration photograph also shows Earth's airglow (a faint emission of light in the upper atmosphere) and a starry night sky.
iss068e025141 (Nov. 27, 2022) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, loaded with over 7,700 pounds of science, supplies, and cargo, approaches the International Space Station for a docking 264 miles above the Atlantic ocean in between South America and Africa.
iss059e025290 (April 19, 2019) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm controlled by NASA astronaut Anne McClain maneuvers to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft as the International Space Station orbited 256 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Highlighting the foreground is the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module.
iss064e035808 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- The International Space Station, pictured with Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft attached to the Pirs docking compartment, orbits into a sunset 265 miles above the South Pacific. This long duration photograph also shows Earth's airglow (a faint emission of light in the upper atmosphere) and a starry night sky.
iss064e035804 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- The International Space Station, pictured with Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft attached to the Pirs docking compartment, orbits into a sunset 270 miles above the South Pacific. This long duration photograph also shows Earth's airglow (a faint emission of light in the upper atmosphere) and a starry night sky.
iss061e061461 (Nov. 29, 2019) --- Russia's Progress 73 (73P) cargo craft is pictured departing the International Space Station after undocking from the Pirs docking compartment. Loaded with trash, the 73P was deorbited a few hours later and burned up safely over the Pacific Ocean.
ISS035-E-029752 (26 April 2013) --- Russian cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, foreground, and Alexander Misurkin busy themselves with various chores in the Zvezda service module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station during the rendezvous and docking of the Progress 51 cargo craft.
iss061e066694 (Dec. 3, 2019) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka trains on a computer inside the Zvezda service module for the unlikely scenario he would need to telerobotically maneuver a Russian cargo craft to a docking port on the International Space Station.
ISS035-E-029729 (26 April 2013) --- As seen through one of the windows in the Zvezda Transfer Chamber (the aft section of the service module), the Russian Progress 51 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station on April 26, 2013. The unmanned cargo vehicle minutes later successfully docked with the orbital outpost.
ISS022-E-020919 (8 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (right), Expedition 22 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, flight engineer, are pictured in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. The crew conducted comprehensive leak checks on the two Soyuz vehicles and the Progress cargo craft docked to the space station.
iss071e608454 (Aug. 17, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 71 Commander Oleg Kononenko is at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, monitoring the automated rendezvous and docking of the Progress 89 cargo craft. Located inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module, the TORU can be used to remotely control the Roscosmos spaceship in the unlikely event it would be unable to complete its automated docking.
ISS015-E-20209 (5 Aug. 2007) --- An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 26 resupply craft launched at 12:34 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 2, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment Sunday at 1:40 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 5 delivering more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station.
ISS016-E-027761 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 28 resupply craft launched at 7:03 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 5, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 16 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 7.
ISS016-E-027827 (7 Feb. 2008) --- An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 28 resupply craft launched at 7:03 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 5, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 16 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 7.
ISS016-E-027742 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 28 resupply craft launched at 7:03 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 5, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 16 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 7.
ISS011-E-09194 (19 June 2005) --- View of stowage items and the probe-and-cone docking mechanism in the hatch of the Progress 18 resupply craft, which docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station at 7:42 p.m. (CDT) on June 18 as the station flew approximately 225 statute miles above a point near Beijing, China. Progress delivered two tons of supplies, food, water, fuel and equipment to the Expedition 11 crewmembers onboard the station.
ISS015-E-20207 (5 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 26 resupply craft launched at 12:34 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 2, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment Sunday at 1:40 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 5 delivering more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station.
iss065e085418 (June 2, 2021) --- Russia's ISS Progress 77 (77P) cargo craft is pictured docked to the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station's Russian segment. The 77P will remove Pirs from the Zarya service module's Earth-facing port later this summer after 20 years attached to the orbiting lab opening up the port for Russia's new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module due to arrive shortly afterward.
iss071e608479 (Aug. 17, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub (foreground) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, are at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, monitoring the automated rendezvous and docking of the Progress 89 cargo craft. Located inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module, the TORU can be used to remotely control the Roscosmos spaceship in the unlikely event it would be unable to complete its automated docking.
ISS015-E-20208 (5 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 26 resupply craft launched at 12:34 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 2, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment Sunday at 1:40 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 5 delivering more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station.
ISS015-E-20680 (5 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 26 resupply craft launched at 12:34 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 2, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment Sunday at 1:40 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 5 delivering more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station.
ISS016-E-027820 (7 Feb. 2008) --- An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 28 resupply craft launched at 7:03 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 5, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 16 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 7.
ISS016-E-027815 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Progress 28 resupply craft launched at 7:03 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 5, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 16 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 7.
ISS009-E-18365 (14 August 2004) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space and airglow of Earth’s horizon, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 15 resupply craft launched at 12:03 a.m. (CDT) on August 11, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water and supplies to the Expedition 9 crewmembers onboard the Station. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:01 a.m. (CDT) on August 14 as the two craft flew 225 statute miles over central Asia.
ISS009-E-08847 (27 May 2004) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 14 resupply craft launched at 7:34 a.m. (CDT) on May 25, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2 ½ tons of food, water, fuel and supplies to the Expedition 9 crewmembers onboard the Station. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 8:55 a.m. (CDT) on May 27 as the two craft flew 230 statute miles above Central Asia.
ISS009-E-18371 (14 August 2004) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 15 resupply craft launched at 12:03 a.m. (CDT) on August 11, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water and supplies to the Expedition 9 crewmembers onboard the Station. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:01 a.m. (CDT) on August 14 as the two craft flew 225 statute miles over central Asia.
ISS009-E-08849 (27 May 2004) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 14 resupply craft launched at 7:34 a.m. (CDT) on May 25, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2 ½ tons of food, water, fuel and supplies to the Expedition 9 crewmembers onboard the Station. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 8:55 a.m. (CDT) on May 27 as the two craft flew 230 statute miles above Central Asia.
ISS009-E-08854 (27 May 2004) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 14 resupply craft launched at 7:34 a.m. (CDT) on May 25, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2 ½ tons of food, water, fuel and supplies to the Expedition 9 crewmembers onboard the Station. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 8:55 a.m. (CDT) on May 27 as the two craft flew 230 statute miles above Central Asia.
JSC2012-E-064353 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 31, 2012. The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is unberthed from the Harmony node for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA