The Russian federal space agency Roscosmos launched a Soyuz 2.1a with three cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, March 18 at 11:55 am EDT (15:55 UTC) aboard the Soyuz MS-21 mission.
Utilizing a fast-track rendezvous, the all-Roscosmos crew docked – manually – to the station approximately three hours after liftoff to start a six-month, long-duration mission.