MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) - A Soyuz carrier rocket with the Progress M-57 space freighter was successfully launched from the Baikonur space center Russia leases from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 3.08 p.m. GMT, Mission Control said Saturday.
The spaceship will deliver fuel, consumables, scientific and research equipment, foodstuffs and water for the crew of the 13th ISS expedition, which comprises Russia's Pavel Vinogradov and American Jeff Williams, June 26.
Pavel Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams began their mission on board the world's sole civilian orbital station on April 1.
