Video: Damaged spacecraft manages to docks with space station The unmanned Progress cargo ship was launched on Wednesday from Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The antenna did not deploy when the craft reached orbit and Russian mission control tried repeatedly to prod it into action. However, the ship, carrying more than three tons of food, oxygen, water and equipment was able to dock on Friday on automatic pilot, according to video from Russian mission control. There were initial concerns the undeployed antenna might interfere physically with the docking. The US agency Nasa said the space station crew would conduct leak checks and then unload the cargo.