A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station successfully blasted off on Saturday, following a two-day delay due to an aborted launch earlier in the week. The spacecraft, with a crew comprising of a NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut, and a Belarusian astronaut, launched smoothly from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan.
The initial launch, which was scheduled for Thursday, was halted just 20 seconds before liftoff due to an automatic safety system triggered by a voltage drop in a power source. However, the rocket successfully launched on Saturday, with the space capsule separating and entering orbit eight minutes after liftoff.
