Soyuz blasts off for International Space Station
00:28 08/06/2011 BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan), June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft has lifted off for the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
The craft that has already separated from the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket will bring Russia's Sergei Volkov, NASA's Mike Fossum, and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa to the ISS.
The docking is slated for June 10 (late June 9 GMT.)
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