A Russian Soyuz-FG rocket has successfully lifted off from Baikonur today at 07:21 UTC, December 17th 2017 carrying three new humans to the International Space Station.

Soyuz commander and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, JAXA Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai and NASA astronaut Scott D. Tingle make up the Expedition 54 crew and will dock to the ISS on Tuesday morning.