MOSCOW (Sputnik) — "The launch of the Soyuz-U rocket with progress M-29M was carried out on schedule," a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos told RIA Novosti.
"The Progress mission will be conducted under the so-called 'short' six-hour scheme," the official said, adding that the docking of the Progress spacecraft and the ISS is expected at 01.40 am Moscow time on Friday [22:40GMT on Thursday].