Rocket launches NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to space for 6-month stay

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The Soyuz rocket was launched to the International Space Station from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexei Ovchinin of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos were on board.


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