A Russian supply spaceship successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, Russia's Mission Control Center said.

The Progress MS-05 space freighter has been mechanically captured by the ISS at 0830 GMT Friday, a commentator at the center was quoted by RIA Novosti new agency as saying.

The ship will deliver about 2.5 tons of scientific equipment, fuel, food, water, medicine, a spacesuit and other supplies to astronauts at the space station.

The freighter, carried by a Soyuz-U rocket, was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Wednesday's launch followed a faulty one on Dec. 1, 2016, in which the Progress ship burned up shortly after lift-off.

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