Progress MS-26
{{Short description|2024 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress MS-26
| image = Progress 87 departs 02.jpg
| image_caption = Progress MS-26 departs the ISS
| names_list = Progress 87
ISS 87P
| mission_type = ISS resupply
| operator = Roscosmos
| mission_duration = {{time interval|15 February 2024 03:25:06|13 August 2024 05:49|show=dhm|sep=,}}
| spacecraft = Progress MS-26 No. 456{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter D. |title=Progress MS |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-ms.htm |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}
| spacecraft_type = Progress MS
| manufacturer = Energia
| launch_mass = {{cvt|7427|kg}}
| payload_mass = {{cvt|2518|kg}}
| launch_date = {{Start date text|15 February 2024, 03:25:06|timezone=yes}}{{nbsp}}UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-2.1a
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 31/6
| launch_contractor = RKTs Progress
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = {{End date text|13 August 2024, 05:49|timezone=yes}}{{nbsp}}UTC
| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit
| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit
| orbit_inclination = 51.65°
| apsis = gee
| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Zvezda aft
| docking_date = 17 February 2024, 06:06:13{{nbsp}}UTC
| undocking_date = 13 August 2024, 02:00:32{{nbsp}}UTC
| time_docked = {{time interval|17 February 2024 06:06:13|13 August 2024 02:00:32|show=dhm|sep=,}}
}}
| cargo_mass = {{cvt|2518|kg}}
| cargo_mass_press = {{cvt|1478|kg}}
| cargo_mass_fuel = {{cvt|580|kg}}
| cargo_mass_gas = {{cvt|620|kg}}
| cargo_mass_water = {{cvt|420|kg}}
| programme = Progress flights
| previous_mission = Progress MS-25
| next_mission = Progress MS-27
}}
Progress MS-26 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс МC-26}}), Russian production No. 456, identified by NASA as Progress 87, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 179th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
Launch
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched Progress MS-26 from Baikonur Site 31/6 on 15 February 2024 at 03:25{{nbsp}}UTC.{{Cite web |title=Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos |url=https://tass.com/science/1722993 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=TASS}}{{Cite web |last=Jacob |first=Jeffy |date=2024-01-04 |title=Major Satellite Launches of 2024 |url=https://www.geospatialworld.net/prime/major-space-satellite-launches-of-2024/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Geospatial World |language=en-US}} After a flight that took {{time interval|15 February 2024, 03:25|17 February 2024 06:06|show=dhm}}, Progress MS-26 automatically docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the ISS on 17 February 2024 at 06:06{{nbsp}}UTC.{{cite web |date=15 April 2023 |title=Complete ISS flight events |url=https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32006.3300 |access-date=10 November 2020 |website=NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum}}{{Cite web |url=https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/iss-research/microgravity-research-flights/ |title=Microgravity Research Flights |date=10 November 2020 |publisher=NASA |access-date=10 November 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143348/https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/iss-research/microgravity-research-flights/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |website=Glenn Research Center }}
== Manifest ==
Each Progress mission delivers over a thousand kilograms of supplies in its pressurized section, accessible to crewmembers. These supplies include consumables such as food, water, and air, along with equipment for maintenance and scientific research. In its unpressurized section, the spacecraft carries tanks of water, fuel, and gases to replenish the station’s resources and sustain its onboard atmosphere. These resources are transferred to the station through an automated process.{{Cite web |last=Zak |first=Anatoly |date=30 November 2023 |title=Progress cargo ship |url=https://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=RussianSpaceWeb.com}}
For this mission, Progress MS-28 was loaded with a total of {{cvt|2518|kg}} of cargo and supplies prior to launch. The cargo manifest includes the following:{{Cite web |last=Zak |first=Anatoly |date=13 August 2024 |title=Progress MS-26 |url=https://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-26.html |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=RussianSpaceWeb.com}}{{Cite web |title=Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» |url=https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/12277?single |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Telegram}}
- Pressurized supplies: {{cvt|1458|kg}}
- Fuel: {{cvt|580|kg}}
- Oxygen gas: {{cvt|580|kg}}
- Water: {{cvt|420|kg}}
- Nitrogen gas: {{cvt|40|kg}}
See also
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