BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station.
The launch of ISS Expedition on the Soyuz TMA-19M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred on schedule at 6:03 a.m. EST.
British astronaut Tim Peake is traveling with Russian crew commander Yuri Malenchenko and American NASA astronaut Tim Kopra.
