Russian cargo ship successfully delivers supplies to space station

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A Russian cargo ship successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing supplies to the U.S.-Russian team, The Associated Press reports. The delivery comes after two failed resupply missions — one by Russia in April and one by the U.S. in June, when a SpaceX rocket exploded just minutes after liftoff.

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Julie Kliegman
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.