A Russian Soyuz-U launcher with the Progress M-62 cargo
spacecraft atop on Sunday blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan, news agencies reported.
The spacecraft will carry on its three-day flight to the
International Space Station (ISS) and is scheduled to dock to the
ISS on Wednesday, Interfax cited a spokesman of the Mission Control
Center in Moscow region.
The spacecraft is loaded with New Year presents for ISS crew
members, as well as food, air and oxygen resources, water and fuel
for the ISS, he said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 23, 2007)
