Russian Soyuz spacecraft with Russian, US astronauts blasts off to ISS

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A NASA spacecraft blasted off-schedule.

Russian Soyuz spacecraft with Russian, US astronauts blasts off to ISS
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US astronaut Barry Wilmore with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev and Yelena Serova at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station on September 25, 2014
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Baikonur (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, including the first woman cosmonaut for 17 years, blasted off on schedule Friday, Russian mission control said.

The Soyuz-TMA14M spacecraft took off at 12:25 am Moscow time (2025 GMT Thursday) from Russia s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is headed for the International Space Station.