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Belyayev's birthday 'candle': Russia to launch ISS cargo ship today to honor cosmonaut's centennial and you can watch live

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Russia celebrates Pavel Belyayev's 100th birthday by lighting a huge "candle" and delivering "gifts" to his modern-day colleagues.

The launch shroud encasing the uncrewed Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91) resupply spacecraft has been decorated with a logo commemorating the centennial of his birth.

The spacecraft is set to lift off atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31 at Russia 's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today .

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