The International Space Station Expedition 64 is launching aboard a Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The primary mission crew comprises Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. Soyuz MS-17 is expected to make a record-speed trip and reach the ISS in about three hours after lift-off.