Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at International Space Station

Thursday’s attempted launch was halted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled lift-off

The Soyuz 2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts has successfully docked at the International Space Station.

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying Nasa astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus reached the space outpost after Saturday’s blast-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan that followed an aborted launch attempt two days earlier.