Soyuz rocket blasts off for International Space Station
A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russians and an American has blasted off for the International Space Station.
The crew of cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and Nasa astronaut Shane Kimbrough lifted off as scheduled from the Russian-operated Baikonur launch facility on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 2.05pm local time.
