Russia’s robotic Progress 96 cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Sept. 19 after launching from Kazakhstan three days earlier.

The spacecraft reached the ISS at 9:44 a.m. EDT while the station was about 260 miles above the Black Sea, ending its three-day orbital approach.

Progress 96 delivered about three tons of food, fuel and other supplies for the seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the station.

The spacecraft is expected to remain attached to the ISS for about five months before being filled with trash and sent into Earth’s atmosphere to burn up, Space.com has reported.

Most current ISS resupply spacecraft are destroyed after their missions, including Russia’s Progress, Japan’s HTV-X and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus, while SpaceX’s Dragon is currently the only reusable cargo spacecraft in the fleet.