Russia's successful launch of manned spacecraft for space stations

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Moscow, Mar 15 (Canadian-Media) Successful taking off Russia's Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft carrying three astronauts for the International Space Station (ISS) and entered the planned orbit Thursday, NASA reports said.

Russia's Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft carrying three astronauts

At 22:23 Moscow time (1923 GMT), the spacecraft detached from the third launch vehicle stage and continued its autonomous flight to the ISS  guided by specialists from the Russian Mission Control Center.

​Soyuz MS-12, carrying Roscosmos astronaut Alexei Ovchinin, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch, will automatically approach the ISS and dock to it at 04:07 Moscow time (0107 GMT) Friday. ​