Resupply ship for the space station soars into orbit

A load of basic essentials for the International Space Station and its resident crew -- food, fuel and supplies -- launched aboard a Russian-made cargo freighter today. The Progress spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT), soaring into a clear sky at sundown. At the moment of launch, the station was flying about 220 miles over the South Atlantic. More

(Source: Space Flight Now - Jul 1)