Russia sends Progress cargo spacecraft into space

MOSCOW. Oct 31 (Interfax-AVN) - A Soyuz-U launch vehicle carrying a Progress M-17M cargo spacecraft has been launched from the Baikonur Space Center, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos told Interfax-AVN.

"The rocket carrying the freighter has been launched from pad 1 called the Gagarin Start of the Baikonur Space Center. The launch passed nominally," a Roscosmos spokesperson told Interfax on Wednesday.