Soyuz Rocket Launches, Docks Successfully To Relief Of NASA, Russia Space Agency

NASA astronaut Anne McClain (from left), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency successfully blasted into space on Monday morning. It is the first mission since an aborted launch in October.

A Russian, an American and a Canadian were aboard the spacecraft when it lifted off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan. It’s the first launch since a failed mission in October.

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