Progress MS-12

Progress MS-12

Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-12 (No.442)
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	Planned: May 2019
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
Contractor	Roscosmos
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	Planned: May 2019
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Progress MS-12 (Russian: Прогресс МC-12), identified by NASA as Progress 73 or 73P, is a Progress spacecraft to be used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Launch

Progress MS-12 It is planned to be launched on May 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will use a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.^[1]

Docking

Progress MS-12 is scheduled to dock with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module.

Cargo

The Progress MS-12 spacecraft will carry about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft will deliver food, fuel and supplies, including 705 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.

References

1. NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-07-18.