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Russian resupply ship on the launch pad BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: January 26, 2011 
A Soyuz rocket with the next Progress cargo freighter for the International Space Station has been rolled to the launch pad for Thursday's planned liftoff at 8:31 p.m. EST. The booster was transported by rail from its final assembly building and erected on the pad early Wednesday. The Progress M-09M spacecraft is scheduled for docking to the station's Pirs compartment on Saturday at 9:39 p.m. EST. It is loaded with 3,080 pounds of equipment, 1,918 pounds of propellant, 926 pounds of water and 110 pounds of oxygen and air. The rollout video is courtesy of Roscosmos and the photos are credited to Energia.
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