MOSCOW: A Russian-made Soyuz rocket blasted a three-man crew into orbit Monday, beginning the first manned voyage to the International Space Station since a mission October was aborted midair because of a rocket malfunction.
International Space Station (ISS) crew members David Saint-Jacques of Canada, Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Anne McClain of the U.S. attend a send-off ceremony shortly before their launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan December 3, 2018. (REUTERS)
The Soyuz MS-11 flight lifted off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and the Canadian Space Agency’s David Saint-Jacques.
Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident
