The Russian Soyuz capsule with three astronauts from Russia, Japan and the USA flew towards the International Space Station.
The capsule carrying astronauts Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige Kanaya and Scott Tringle was launched on Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The rocket took off at 1.23:XNUMX a.m. local time and took nine minutes to enter orbit.
This is the first trip into space for Kanaya and Tringle, while Shkaplerov is on his third mission, according to the AP agency.
Previously, on December 14, three astronauts returned to Earth after spending almost six months on the International Space Station.
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