SPACE — An automated Russian supply spacecraft was successfully launched into near-Earth orbit mid-June, it’s mission: re-supply the International Space Station. <br /> <br />The spacecraft was loaded onto a Soyuz rocket that is launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. <br /> <br />After detaching from the rocket, the spacecraft continues on an automated 2-day route toward the International Space Station, reported Russian news agency TASS. Progress then docks with the ISS, where it will deliver food and scientific equipment. <br /> <br />It’s expected to remain docked with the ISS until December this year and then it’ll be de-orbited and sank somewhere in the Pacific, reported TASS.
