On Saturday morning, the International Space Station received a delivery of fresh supplies from a robotic Russian cargo craft just in time for the upcoming launch of a Boeing Starliner spacecraft carrying two astronauts.

The Roscosmos Progress 88 freighter successfully docked with the station’s Poisk module at 7:43 a.m. EDT after launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days earlier.

The smooth automated docking, overseen by the station’s Expedition 71 crew, occurred without issue, with Russian cosmonauts ready to intervene if needed.

Progress 88, loaded with approximately 2.7 tons of fuel, food, and essential supplies, has docked with the ISS, Space.com has reported.

It is slated to stay attached to the space station for about six months before being filled with waste and sent into Earth’s atmosphere for incineration, mirroring the fate of Progress 86 earlier in the week.

Currently, the ISS hosts four other spacecraft: Progress 87, Cygnus (manufactured by Northrop Grumman), SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, and a Russian Soyuz craft.

Written by B.C. Begley