MOSCOW, April 24 (Xinhua)
-- Russia placed on orbit an unmanned
cargo spacecraft for the International
Space Station (ISS), federal space
agency Roscosmos said
Wednesday.
The Progress M-19M
ship is scheduled to dock with
Russia's Zvezda section of the
ISS on Friday, said
Roscosmos.
The spacecraft carries 2.5
tons of cargo for the six ISS
crew from Russia, the United States
and Canada.
Progress, carried
by a Soyuz-U rocket, was launched
at 14:12 Moscow time (1012 GMT) from
Baikonur space center, said
Roscosmos.