NASA · Thursday, September 10, 2026
Progress 96 was scheduled to launch yesterday; docking is still Friday
The File desk · Sep 10, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC
Status
Partially confirmed. NASA’s Progress 96 coverage release still describes a scheduled launch at 12:15 p.m. Eastern Wednesday, Sept. 9, and docking Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:37 p.m. Eastern at Poisk. The page was last updated Sept. 8, 2026. This desk did not confirm a post-launch NASA success notice at lock.
- Confirmed
NASA release M26-065 scheduled unpiloted Progress 96 for 12:15 p.m. EDT Sept. 9 from Baikonur, with docking at the Poisk module Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:37 p.m. Eastern.
- Unverified
Whether the craft actually left the pad, and whether it is on course to dock, were not confirmed from a later NASA primary page in this morning pass. The coverage release still uses ‘scheduled’ language and shows last updated Sept. 8.
NASA still has Progress 96 on the clock for Friday docking. The agency’s coverage release said the unpiloted cargo ship was scheduled to lift off at 12:15 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Docking is set for Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:37 p.m. Eastern at the Poisk module. This desk could not confirm a post-launch NASA page at lock. The coverage release still reads as a schedule and was last updated Sept. 8. This file does not treat liftoff as a fact.
NASA still has Progress 96 on the clock for Friday docking.
The agency’s coverage release said the unpiloted cargo ship was scheduled to lift off at 12:15 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Sept. 9, on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Docking is set for Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:37 p.m. Eastern at the space-facing port of the Poisk module, with coverage from 1:45 p.m. Eastern.
The same release was last updated Sept. 8, 2026. It still uses scheduled language. This desk did not fetch a later NASA success notice. Liftoff is not treated as confirmed here.
What is still unknown or disputed
- Actual launch and docking success were not confirmed from a NASA primary page at this morning lock.
Primary sources
Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.
Source 1
NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking
NASA · September 3, 2026
Launch scheduled 12:15 p.m. EDT Sept. 9 from Baikonur; dock Poisk 2:37 p.m. EDT Sept. 11. Page last updated Sept. 8, 2026. No post-launch success language on this page at lock.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-cover-progress-96-spacecraft-launch-docking/