Unmanned Russian Cargo Spacecraft Breaks Up Shortly After Takeoff

An unmanned Russian supply spaceship broke up Thursday over Siberia, just six minutes after taking off from a launchpad in Kazakhstan. The Russian space agency said the Progress craft broke apart about 190 kilometers above the Earth. Most of the ship and its cargo burned up in the atmosphere. The rest fell in a remote area of Siberia near the Mongolian border. No damage or injuries were reported. The cause of the incident was under investigation. The ship was carrying about 2.5...

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