Russian cargo ship blasts off for International Space Station

MOSCOW, June 17 (UPI) -- A Russian cargo spacecraft has been launched into orbit successfully and will reach the International Space Station Saturday, Russian space officials said.

After launching Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the ISS Progress 24 is approaching the International Space Station. At 10 p.m. EST the new cargo carrier will link up with the station’s ...

An unpiloted Russian Progress cargo ship with more than two tons of supplies and equipment, including food, water and fuel, docked early Sunday with the International Space Station (ISS). Interruption of ...

A new Russian Progress cargo spaceship was being prepared Monday for its launch later this week to the International Space Station.

A shipment of supplies is on its way to the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 21 cargo spacecraft was launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

A Russian resupply ship loaded with propellant, oxygen, experiment hardware and other gear arrived at the International Space Station Friday at 9:59 p.m. EST. The ISS Progress 24 docked to the station’s Pirs ...

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