Russia launches supply rocket to International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz space rocket, bound for the International Space Station, has launched successfully from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstann.

The Progress capsule is on a mission to deliver a cargo ship loaded with food, water and equipment to the satellite,

The liftoff came five days after an unmanned US SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded after launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.