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LIVE: Watch as the unpiloted Progress 95 resupply spacecraft docks to the @Space_Station after a successful liftoff on April 25. Docking is set for 8pm ET (0000 UTC April 28).
@NASA @NASAArtemis Watch a livestream of the unloading and transporting of the core stage to the VAB beginning at approximately 8 a.m. April 28:
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The Exp 74 crew worked eye checks, vein scans, and new medical tech as a Progress 95 cargo spacecraft packed with food, fuel, and supplies orbits Earth toward the station for a docking at 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 27. More... https://go.nasa.gov/3QO3ubT
That feeling when your package finally shows up. 📦🚀
After a 900-mile trip from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, @NASA's Pegasus barge has arrived at Kennedy with the @NASAArtemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage aboard.
Tomorrow, teams begin offloading and