Russian Soyuz-U blasts off with Progress M-28M ship carrying supplies to ISS

#InternationalSpaceStation #Soyuzrocket #MikhailKornienko #ScottKelly Recently, the SpaceX Dragon space capsule exploded after take-off and many supplies meant for the ISS was destroyed. The International Space Station has enough supplies until October, but there is an urgent need for ferrying of the crew.
Therefore, an unmanned cargo ship has taken off from Kazakhstan and is on its way to the International Space Station where the crew comprising cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly are waiting. This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 3 July 2015.

The Russian Progress M-28M ship has been now placed safely into a designated orbit, en-route to the station and it is due to dock with the Russian-manned station on Sunday. The ship is carrying 2.4 metric tons of fuel, oxygen, water, food and other supplies for the crew.
There has been a number of failed attempts in the recent past - the previous Progress launch in April, followed by a US supply mission attempt last Sunday when the rocket broke apart shortly after lift-off and a launch pad failure last October when another supply-carrying cargo failed at the launch pad.
Hence there is a need to keep standby options ready.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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