Russian cargo ship successfully delivers supplies to space station
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.
The Progress M-28M ship, which took off Friday from Kazakhstan, carried 2.5 metric tons of fuel, oxygen, water, food, and other supplies.
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