ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli (L) NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (R) Russian cosmonaut commander Sergei Ryazansky (C), members of the main crew of the 51/52 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), wave as they walk at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Baikonur on July 28, 2017, prior to blasting off to the ISS. Photo: AFP
A three-man crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday blasted off from Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
Footage broadcast by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos showed the Soyuz craft carrying NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency take off from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
