REUTERS - Russia launches first space flight since crash, Oct 30, 2011

Russian rocket launches toward ISS (00:43)

MOSCOW | Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:31pm EDT

(Reuters) - Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International Space Station Sunday since an August crash left a half-sized crew on the orbital outpost and raised concerns over Moscow's role as the sole space flight provider.

The Progress freighter blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as scheduled at 6:11 a.m. EDT, carrying supplies to the station, a $100 billion project funded by 16 nations currently orbiting about 240 miles above Earth.