(Update: Launched) Russian cargo ship to launch to International Space Station this week

A Russian cargo spacecraft with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) this week. The Progress 81 cargo ship is scheduled to lift off at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Russian cargo ship will dock to the rear port of the station's Zvezda service module two days after lifting off, replacing the trash-filled ISS Progress 79 cargo craft.

Coverage of the pre-launch, launch and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.

Carrying food, fuel, and supplies for the @Space_Station, a Russian Progress cargo ship is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:32am ET (9:32 UTC) on Friday, June 3. NASA TV coverage begins at 5:15: https://t.co/lwWJerr9Ay pic.twitter.com/hcNswhnfiS

— NASA (@NASA) June 1, 2022

On Tuesday, May 31, Expedition 67 crew members and Roscosmos Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineer Denis Matveev trained on a computer for the automated arrival of the Progress 81 resupply ship.

Update 1

The Russian Progress resupply ship has embarked on a journey to the microgravity laboratory. The uncrewed spacecraft lifted off on a Soyuz rocket at 5:32 a.m. EDT Friday, June 3, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned on its way to meet up with the orbiting laboratory and its Expedition 67 crew members, NASA said in a release on Friday.

Update 2

After two orbits, Progress 81 arrived at the International Space Station's Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. EDT, with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the orbiting laboratory.