{"id":15132,"date":"2016-10-21T23:08:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-space-station-crew-rockets-into-orbit-from-kazakhstan\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:08:04","slug":"photos-space-station-crew-rockets-into-orbit-from-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-space-station-crew-rockets-into-orbit-from-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Space station crew rockets into orbit from Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three newest residents of the International Space Station sped into orbit Wednesday aboard a Soyuz launcher after liftoff into an overcast sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz MS-02 spaceship blasted off from pad 31 at Baikonur at 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT; 2:05 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday. The three-stage Soyuz booster delivered the spacecraft and its three passengers to orbit in less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Sergey Ryzhikov, a first-time space traveler and former MiG-29 fighter pilot, was in the center commander\u2019s seat inside the Soyuz capsule. Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko and U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, each flying to the space station for the second time, flanked him on the left and right.<\/p>\n<p>The trio arrived at the space station Friday after a two-day rendezvous, beginning a four-month expedition on the research outpost.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19307\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19307\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30155726260_634ef407b6_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30155726260_634ef407b6_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30155726260_634ef407b6_k-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19308\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19308\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30336773842_0a4a78c9ae_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30336773842_0a4a78c9ae_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30336773842_0a4a78c9ae_k-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19309\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19309\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821032703_3c2a3ffd97_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821032703_3c2a3ffd97_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821032703_3c2a3ffd97_k-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19310\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19310\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366958821_2d552e3125_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366958821_2d552e3125_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366958821_2d552e3125_k-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19311\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30416994936_55d1c3b728_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30416994936_55d1c3b728_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30416994936_55d1c3b728_k-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19312\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19312\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30453801195_80e8306e27_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova\" width=\"675\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30453801195_80e8306e27_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30453801195_80e8306e27_k-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/GCTC\/Irina Peshkova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19313\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19313\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366996441_cfd99e9245_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Victor Zelentsov\" width=\"675\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366996441_cfd99e9245_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30366996441_cfd99e9245_k-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Victor Zelentsov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19314\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19314\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821187393_b0996c8de2_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821187393_b0996c8de2_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29821187393_b0996c8de2_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19315\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19315\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822892404_70be3b2cda_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822892404_70be3b2cda_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822892404_70be3b2cda_k-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19316\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19316\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30417096546_2caa0f390d_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30417096546_2caa0f390d_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30417096546_2caa0f390d_k-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19317\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19317\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822869404_582cc53d3f_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Victor Zelentsov\" width=\"675\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822869404_582cc53d3f_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822869404_582cc53d3f_k-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29822869404_582cc53d3f_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Victor Zelentsov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19318\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19318\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-09.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" width=\"675\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-09.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-09-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Energia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19319\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19319\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-11.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-11.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-11-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Energia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19320\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19320\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-12.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-12.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Energia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19321\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19321\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29792211423_64766b92a7_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29792211423_64766b92a7_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29792211423_64766b92a7_k-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19322\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19322\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136461450_e1c152d47e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136461450_e1c152d47e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136461450_e1c152d47e_k-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19323\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19323\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30360014041_105301f44a_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30360014041_105301f44a_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30360014041_105301f44a_k-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30360014041_105301f44a_k-619x1024.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19324\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19324\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136443760_bdcd3c96d2_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136443760_bdcd3c96d2_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30136443760_bdcd3c96d2_k-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19325\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19325\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2796325876.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2796325876.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2796325876-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19326\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19326\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801761393_a100bacad7_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801761393_a100bacad7_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801761393_a100bacad7_k-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19327\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19327\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-16.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" width=\"676\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-16-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Energia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19328\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19328\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29793081364_1352f243d0_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29793081364_1352f243d0_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29793081364_1352f243d0_k-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29793081364_1352f243d0_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19329\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19329\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801757513_ef8b1d6307_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801757513_ef8b1d6307_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29801757513_ef8b1d6307_k-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19330\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19330\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30433899085_839449d4a7_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30433899085_839449d4a7_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30433899085_839449d4a7_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19332\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19332\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30316991532_f7e26fa64a_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30316991532_f7e26fa64a_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30316991532_f7e26fa64a_k-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30316991532_f7e26fa64a_k-627x1024.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19334\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19334\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30397203786_e6ff96f2b7_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30397203786_e6ff96f2b7_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30397203786_e6ff96f2b7_k-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19335\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19335\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29802760594_830e3c859e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29802760594_830e3c859e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29802760594_830e3c859e_k-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19336\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19336\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-00.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" 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100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19338\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19338\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30337466261_1f577e96d8_h.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30337466261_1f577e96d8_h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30337466261_1f577e96d8_h-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19339\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19339\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30317010142_b012e36b7c_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30317010142_b012e36b7c_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30317010142_b012e36b7c_k-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19340\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19340\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-18.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Energia\" width=\"675\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-18.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photo_10-19-18-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Energia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19341\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19341\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29813991173_c51d3cdfa4_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"675\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29813991173_c51d3cdfa4_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/29813991173_c51d3cdfa4_k-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three newest residents of the International Space Station sped into orbit Wednesday aboard a Soyuz launcher after liftoff into an overcast sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-02 spaceship blasted off from pad 31 at Baikonur at 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT; 2:05 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday. 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