An unmanned Russian space freighter is cruising toward the International Space Station today after launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Filled with 2.5 tons of supplies and equipment, the Progress spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting outpost at 3:25 a.m. EST Wednesday. The vessel blasted off from the central Asian spaceport at 2:10 a.m. EST.
The station now is staffed with a three-person crew. U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, the first woman to command the outpost, is the station skipper. Fellow NASA astronaut Dan Tani is one of two flight engineers. The other is veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
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