Spacecraft carrying Russians and American takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome


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  • Tuesday, 08 Apr 2025

The International Space Station (ISS) crew members NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy board the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft for the launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday en route to the International Space Station (ISS).

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft was carrying Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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