The three-person Expedition 50/51 crew includes Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz commander Oleg
Novitskiy,NASA astronaut Peggy Whitsonand the European Space Agency's Thomas Pesquet, who will become the first French astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station.Tightly packed in a Soyuz MS-03 space capsule atop a Soyuz FG rocket, the team lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodromein Kazakhstan at 3:20 p.m. EST (2020 GMT).
About 9 minutes after liftoff, the Soyuz capsule arrived in low-Earth orbit. For the next two days, the space travelers will be chasing after the space station. [See more Expedition 50 Soyuz launch photos]The Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 17 at 3:20 p.m. EST (2020 GMT)
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