A Soyuz rocket successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday, carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank were the first people to fly on a Soyuz since a cargo craft atop one of the rockets crashed in August. If the 13 November launch had not gone ahead, it was feared that the ISS would have to be left unmanned for a period.
Video: NASA
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