Russian Space Station Freighter Launches

The Russian ISS Progress 59 cargo craft launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan April 28, carrying more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents on board the orbital outpost. The unpiloted resupply ship launched on a trajectory that will enable the vehicle to arrive at the station just six hours after launch. The new Progress will dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment on the Russian segment of the station where it will spend more than three m