Source: Xinhua

02-11-2009 10:46

Special Report:   Tech Max

MOSCOW, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A Russian cargo spaceship is heading for the International Space Station (ISS) after it blasted off from a Central Asian launching pad Tuesday morning, local media reported.

The Progress M-66 rocket takes off on a cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur space centre, Feb. 10, 2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
The Progress M-66 rocket takes off on a
cargo mission to the International Space
Station (ISS) from the Baikonur space 
centre, Feb. 10, 2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

The Progress M-66 took off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 8:49 a.m. Moscow time (0549 GMT) on board a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and has successfully separated from the carrier rocket, RIA cited a mission control official.

The spacecraft is carrying 2.4 tons of supplies, including oxygen, food, clothes and medical equipment, for the ISS crew.

It was scheduled to dock with the space station on Friday.

 

Editor:Yang Jie