Russian Soyuz spacecraft successfully launches new crew to the ISS

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, named MS-24, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) carrying two cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut. The spacecraft arrived at the ISS just three hours after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three spaceflyers joined seven others on board the orbiting lab, with two cosmonauts embarking on a year-long mission. The arrival of MS-24 also sets the stage for the departure of another Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonauts and an American astronaut on September 27.