For what its worth - and not necessarily to draw parallels with the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 mishap - Russia successfully launched an unmanned Soyuz rocket and Progress

For what its worth - and not necessarily to draw parallels with the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 mishap - Russia successfully launched an unmanned Soyuz rocket and Progress 57 cargo ship with supplies for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, hours after the catastrophic explosion destroyed a similar mission in the United States.[1] The cargo ship was expected to and successfully docked with the ISS later in the day.[2] [1] Russia Launches ISS Cargo After US Craft Explodes http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-launches-iss-cargo-mission-after-us-rocket-explodes/2500270.html http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-launches-iss-cargo-mis... Russian supply ship poised for launch Wednesday http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/10/28/russian-supply-ship-poised-for-launch-wednesday/ http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/10/28/russian-supply-ship-poi... [2] Russian Progress M-25M docks with the ISS http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/russian-progress-iss-via-soyuz-2-1a-rocket/ http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/russian-progress-iss-...