Russian supply ship heads for space station

Russian supply ship heads for space station | iNFOnews.ca
In this image taken from video on Thursday, April 4, 2019, and distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, Russian cargo ship Souz FG with the Progress MS-11 takes off from the launch pad at Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The cargo ship is carrying fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and one Canadian aboard. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)

MOSCOW – An unmanned Russian spacecraft carrying more than three tons of cargo is headed for the International Space Station.

The Progress freighter blasted off Thursday from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and is to dock with the space station after a trip of about three hours.

The spaceship is carrying fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and one Canadian aboard.

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