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Three members of the ISS Expedition 22 crew launched in a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome early this morning.

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Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

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PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories Download time: Dec 21 2009 8:28 AM ET

(AP) -- A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.

The Soyuz spacecraft will travel for about two days before docking with the space station 220 miles (350 kilometers) above Earth.

Reporting to Russian space officials prior to the launch, the astronauts seemed calm and relaxed.

See the NASA story also.