MOSCOW, July 3 (UPI) -- A Russian rocket successfully launched Friday carrying some 6,000 pounds of critical supplies to the International Space Station after back-to-back failed attempts.
The unpiloted Progress 60 cargo freighter lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:55 a.m. EDT. Within minutes, the Soyuz-U cargo vehicle successfully separated from the rocket.