Moscow - UPI
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.