Russia is set to launch the Progress 96 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) today, September 16, at 9:33 a.m. EDT (1333 GMT). The spacecraft will be carried into orbit by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a spaceport operated by Russia. Progress 96 is packed with around 3 tons of supplies, including food, fuel, and other essential items needed by the astronauts living on the ISS. Once it reaches the space station, it will remain docked for approximately five months before being filled with waste and deorbited, where it will burn up in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. To make room for Progress 96, the previous Progress 94 spacecraft departed the ISS on September 7. Progress is one of four active cargo vehicles that deliver supplies to the ISS. The others include Japan's HTV-X, SpaceX's Dragon capsule, and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus. Unlike the Dragon capsule, which can return to Earth with cargo, the other three—including Progress—burn up upon reentry, making them expendable. Currently, seven astronauts are aboard the ISS. The crew includes three NASA astronauts: Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir, and Anil Menon. They are joined by Sophie Adenot from the European Space Agency, who recently made history as the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk. The remaining crew members are Pyotr Dubrov, Andrey Fedyaev, and Anna Kikina from Russia's space agency, Roscosmos. Viewers can watch the Progress 96 launch live on Space.com, which will stream the event courtesy of NASA. The live broadcast will begin at 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 GMT), just before the scheduled launch time.