Almaty. October 11. Kazakhstan Today - The Soyuz-FG rocket with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-M was launched from Baikonur from the cosmodrome Baikonur on Friday at 05.10 Astana time, the agency reports citing Russian Space Department press service.

According to the press service, the Soyuz-FG rocket with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-M was launched from Baikonur on Friday at 05.10 Astana time . After separation from the rocket carrier' third stage Soyuz TMA-M with the crew (Alexander Kaleri - commander of the ship, Oleg Skripochka - flight engineer and Scott Kelly - flight engineer-2) was put into orbit of the artificial satellite of the Earth.

The spaceship docking with the International space station was planned for October 10, 2010 at 04.02 Moscow time.

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