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Blast Off: 360 view of upgraded Soyuz rocket brining new crew to Intl Space Station

A modernized Soyuz capsule has successfully blasted off into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome with a three-man crew on board. The extended two-day flight to the ISS will give Russian scientists and engineers a chance to test out the new space technology.