Russian Resupply Ship Destroyed En Route To International Space Station

During what is normally a routine resupply run to the International Space Station on Thursday, Russian ground control lost contact with its delivery vehicle, the Progress MS-04, which has now been confirmed as destroyed. The spacecraft successfully lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan just after 9:50pm EST last night, carrying nearly three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 50 crew. However, it ran into telemetry issues, which NASA is categorizing as "an anomaly", during the third stage of the mission. Russia’s Roscosmos agency has been monitoring the situation and has confirmed that the mission has failed.