Soyuz Rocket Launches 3 New ISS Crew Members Into Space

Expedition 42 prime crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (L) Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (C), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti (R) of the European Space Agency (ESA) are seen during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014.




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The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Friday on Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ? 

A man takes a selfie as the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is lifted to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen after being raised into a vertical position on the launch pad on Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The gantry arms close around the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Specialists work as the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft rests on its launch pad.

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014.

International Space Station (ISS) crew Terry Virts (L-R) of the U.S., Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, and Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy, walk during a sending-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-15 M spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 23, 2014.

International Space Station (ISS) crew Anton Shkaplerov of Russia matches palm with his daughter Kira from a bus window before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

International Space Station (ISS) crew wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft for launch, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Debris and a table fly after the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.