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IN PICTURES: Soyuz rocket successfully launches three astronauts toward the International Space Station

By rgilmore
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Astronauts from Russia, the US and Canada left from Kazakhstan on a mission bound for the International Space Station at 17:30 (11:30 GMT)

 

A Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft being transported from an assembling facility to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft being transported from an assembling facility to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A Russian Orthodox priest during the blessing of a Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Russian Space Agency experts help U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), during an inspection of her space suit prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome.
ISS Expedition NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques, before a launch to the International Space Station.
ISS Expedition 58/59 members, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) head Dmitry Rogozin before a launch of the ISS Expedition 58/59 crew to the International Space Station.
Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques before a launch to the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Anne McClain before a launch to the International Space Station.
ISS Expedition 58/59 members, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques (L-R) waving before boarding the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft.
Astronaut Anne McClain during a spacesuit check before a launch of the ISS Expedition 58/59 crew to the International Space Station.
A Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques aboard lifts off to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques aboard lifts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.