International Space Station supply ship takes off from Kazakhstan – video

The Russian Progress 49 supply spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh desert steppe on Wednesday morning. The cargo vehicle will deliver 2.9 tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station, and is expected to dock after a six-hour journey

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