Soyuz craft bound for space station

Photographers capturing the moment as Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft - carrying a crew comprising British astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra - blasted off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday on a flight to the International Space Station.

PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 16, 2015, with the headline Soyuz craft bound for space station. Subscribe