Russian cargo ship on its way to space station

A robotic Russian cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station Friday to ferry tons of gear for the orbiting lab's crew, a flight that comes just 10 days before an American private spaceship is expected to make a historic supply run of its own. The unmanned Progress 47 supply ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in central Kazakhstan at 8:50 a.m. EDT Friday, reaching its preliminary orbit less than 10 minutes later, NASA officials said. More

(Source: MSNBC - Apr 21)