New crew members on way to space station

A Russian Soyuz capsule with a crew of three is headed for the International Space Station following a launch from Kazakhstan Wednesday, Russian officials say. Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said the TMA-07M spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and U.S. astronaut Tomas Marshburn was launched from the Baikonur space center at 7:12 EST. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS Friday. "The crew will reach the ISS in a traditional 'long' trip, which will take two days, though a short trip is also possible," a Roscosmos spokesperson told China's Xinhua news agency. Romanenko will assume duties as commander of the new mission on the ISS which will last four months, Roscosmos said.