The Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft was assembled by Energia in September 2024 and transported by rail from its manufacturing facility in Korolev, Russia to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, arriving by the end of the month.

Final testing and processing began in mid-January 2025, with propellant and pressurized gas loading completed on 16 February.

[3] On 20 February, the spacecraft was attached to the launch vehicle adapter, and the next day, it was enclosed within the payload fairing, which featured an insignia commemorating the 100th birthday of Pavel Belyayev, commander of the Voskhod 2 mission that conducted the world's first spacewalk in 1965.

[2] Following a two-day free flight, it is scheduled to dock with the aft port of the ISS's Zvezda module on 1 March at 23:03 UTC.

In its unpressurized section, the spacecraft carries tanks of water, fuel, and gases to replenish the station’s resources and sustain its onboard atmosphere.