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These photos chronicle the activities of Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Jack Fischer on Thursday as they prepared for liftoff on a Soyuz rocket to begin an expedition of more than four months on the International Space Station. The two-man crew launched at 0713 GMT (3:13 a.m. EDT; 1:13 p.m. local time) from…

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this picture of the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA Veteran cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and rookie flight engineer Jack Fischer streaked into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Thursday, chased down the International Space Station and…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA flight engineer Jack Fischer pose with their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin Just 10 days after three space station fliers returned to Earth — and two days after launch…

A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled to its launch pad in Kazakhstan early Monday aboard a specially-designed rail car, three days before sending a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station. The three-stage launcher emerged from the Soyuz integration building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just before sunrise Monday for the journey to Launch…