A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed. The Poisk (Search) module, also known as the Mini-Research Module 2, will provide additional facilities for scientific experiments aboard the orbiting space station, Russia's space agency said in a statement.
The unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying the new module, along with food and water supplies, is due to dock with the ISS on Thursday at 1544 GMT.