Russia's Progress MS-02 (63P) spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:23 a.m. CDT (1623 GMT) on a two day flight to the International Space Station.
Loaded with three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 47 crew, the Progress is scheduled to autonomously dock to the rear port of the Zvezda service module on Saturday (April 2) at about 1:00 p.m. CDT (1800 GMT).
The Progress is packed with 3,126 pounds of cargo, including rations, sanitary napkins and waste containers and medical equipment. The ship is also delivering 926 pounds of water and 103 pounds of oxygen to the orbiting outpost.
Progress MS-02 will spend six months at the station before departing in October for its deorbit into Earth's atmosphere.