Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off aboard a rocket early this morning on their way to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz booster launched from a launchpad in Kazakhstan at 1:44 a.m. EST.
NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel are traveling to the ISS along with cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
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They will join NASA's Scott Tingle, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Japan Aerospace Exploration agent Norishige Kanai, who are already on board the ISS.