Yesterday, the Russian space program successfully launched its Progress spacecraft, which is set to dock with the International Space Station on Wednesday.

FORBES: Russian Spacecraft Launched Successfully

But then the Russian space program successfully launched a crew of three to the ISS earlier this week, giving the station its first full complement since September.

FORBES: Russian Space Program Suffers Another Failed Launch

The Russian space program suffered another setback last weekend.

FORBES: Russian Space Program Suffers Another Failed Launch

With another successful launch under its belt, and assuming a successful dock on Wednesday, the success of SpaceX means that NASA is no longer solely reliant on the Russian space program to send supplies and cargo to the International Space Station.

FORBES: SpaceX Cargo Launch To ISS Is Successful

This comes as a pretty big blow to the Russian space program, which had just emerged from its failed launch in April to have successfully launched its Progress 45 unmanned spacecraft and also successfully docked it with the International Space Station.

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