"NASA
astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian colleague Alexey Ovchinin, who
both survived a dramatically aborted Soyuz launch last year, were joined
on the smoothly-executed trip by NASA astronaut Christina Koch.
The
rocket blasted off without incident from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan and docked at the ISS less than six hours later, more than
400 kilometers (249 miles) above the Earth at 01:01 GMT, a few minutes
ahead of schedule.
During
a live broadcast via high-definition cameras aboard the ISS, the
mission commander Ovchinin reported that the mooring mechanism was
engaged. A NASA commentator then confirmed the "capture."
The
liftoff was closely watched after the two men's space journey was cut
short in October when a technical problem with their Soyuz rocket
triggered a launch abort two minutes into the flight."
Here is the failed MS10 launch:
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