Russia launches "Soyuz MS-29" manned spacecraft.

The Russian State Space Corporation announced on the 14th that the Russian "Soyuz MS-29" manned spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three astronauts to the International Space Station. The Russian State Space Corporation stated that the "Soyuz MS-29" manned spacecraft, carried by the "Soyuz-2.1a" carrier rocket, was launched at 17:48 Moscow time on the 14th. The spacecraft successfully entered its planned orbit and docked with the Russian section of the International Space Station at the "Pirs" docking module at 20:52 Moscow time on the 14th. The three astronauts aboard the spacecraft heading to the International Space Station are Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei. According to the plan, they will stay on the International Space Station for 261 days.