Spacecraft carrying Russians and American takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome

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)