First manned Soyuz mission since dramatic abort delivers crew to ISS

The first manned Soyuz flight since the dramatic abort incident in October lifted off today from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Carrying NASA astronaut Anne McClain , Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Konenenko, the Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft launched at 6:31 am EST (5:31 pm Baikonur time) and docked with the International Space Station eight hours later.

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Category: Space

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• Canadian Space Agency
• ESA
• International Space Station
• NASA
• Roscosmos
• Soyuz

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