Credit: RoscosmosRussia’s Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later.
"The rocket’s liftoff passed normally, on schedule. The cargo spaceship’s separation from the third stage of the carrier rocket is to take place 9 minutes after the blast-off," Roscosmos said.