international space station it was carrying three crew members nasa astronauts nick haig and christina cole as well as russian cosmonaut alexi of chinon they were warmly welcomed aboard the u.s.s. of chinon and hague were part of the mission to the i.s.o.'s that was aborted mid-flight back in october last year as a launch blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan ati's where if an ocean witnessed the action. again here is the moment you can see them fifty nine six petition to the international space station starts oh my goodness look at this line. it's. the. russian space it's just from here to the rocket in this chain to national border russia aleksey of chanaan and two nasa astronauts nikkei and christina colgan here people who have gathered here from all around the globe to witness the launch of loading because that was spectacular. it's a little bit clouded right now here is so but i can still see the rocket in this cause in just eight and a half minutes it is expected to reach the orbit and that is going to take another six iran six and a half hours to dog with the interna