A Soyuz launcher lifted off today from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. They will dock to the International Space Station on Friday and join the three crew members already there: Astronauts Safely in Orbit Following Launch to ISS | NASA

This launch had a rocketcam that sent views from the Soyuz all the way to orbit. Here is a screen capture of the upper stage falling away from the capsule:

Find more about the crew and their mission:

• Soyuz MS-09 launches to the ISS; Artificial Intelligence to join crew in orbit – NASASpaceFlight.com
• U.S.-Russian-German crew launched to space station – Spaceflight Now

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