01:09Mandatory credit: Roscosmos
A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday.
Footage shows the Russian-American crew inside the spacecraft as the rocket lifts off from the launch pad.
"The crew includes members of the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. The Soyuz MS-26 was launched into the designated orbit, the separation from the third stage of the rocket and the opening of the spacecraft's antennas and solar panels were performed in a normal mode," Roscosmos said in a statement.
The Soyuz MS-26 will dock with the small research module Rassvet of the Russian segment of the ISS at 22:33 Moscow time (19:33 GMT).
The 72nd long-term expedition to the ISS is expected to last 202 days. The Russian programme includes spacewalks, the arrival of the Progress MS-29 and Progress MS-30 cargo ships, and scientific and applied research.
Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with Russian-American ISS crew launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome
A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday.
Footage shows the Russian-American crew inside the spacecraft as the rocket lifts off from the launch pad.
"The crew includes members of the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. The Soyuz MS-26 was launched into the designated orbit, the separation from the third stage of the rocket and the opening of the spacecraft's antennas and solar panels were performed in a normal mode," Roscosmos said in a statement.
The Soyuz MS-26 will dock with the small research module Rassvet of the Russian segment of the ISS at 22:33 Moscow time (19:33 GMT).
The 72nd long-term expedition to the ISS is expected to last 202 days. The Russian programme includes spacewalks, the arrival of the Progress MS-29 and Progress MS-30 cargo ships, and scientific and applied research.
Mandatory credit: Roscosmos
A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday.
Footage shows the Russian-American crew inside the spacecraft as the rocket lifts off from the launch pad.
"The crew includes members of the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. The Soyuz MS-26 was launched into the designated orbit, the separation from the third stage of the rocket and the opening of the spacecraft's antennas and solar panels were performed in a normal mode," Roscosmos said in a statement.
The Soyuz MS-26 will dock with the small research module Rassvet of the Russian segment of the ISS at 22:33 Moscow time (19:33 GMT).
The 72nd long-term expedition to the ISS is expected to last 202 days. The Russian programme includes spacewalks, the arrival of the Progress MS-29 and Progress MS-30 cargo ships, and scientific and applied research.