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April 09, 2014

Russia launches cargo ship to ISS
Moscow (AFP) April 09, 2014
Russia successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station on Wednesday evening after a spaceship carrying three astronauts experienced a technical glitch last month. "At 19:35 Moscow time (15:35 GMT), the cargo ship separated from the third-stage booster rockets on schedule," the Russian space agency said in a statement on its website after the Progress M-23M ship blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ship carrying 2.5 tonnes of supplies includi ... read more

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