Russian cargo ship launches toward the space station

An unmanned resupply ship for the International Space Station was successfully launched into orbit today, headed for a docking next week after the space shuttle Endeavour leaves the outpost. Flying atop a Russian Soyuz U booster, the Progress M-67 spacecraft rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1056 GMT (6:56 a.m. EDT). A preliminary orbit was achieved after a nine-minute ascent provided by the three-stage rocket. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 25)