Russian and US crew blasts off in Soyuz rocket bound for ISS | Space News

The spacecraft with two Russian and one American astronaut took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

A Russian rocket carrying a crew from the United States and Russia has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:47am (05:47 GMT) on Tuesday. Space flight remains a rare avenue of cooperation between the US and Russia, with ties having broken down after Moscow unleashed its war in Ukraine…