AP video of manned Soyuz rocket launch

(21 Jul 2019) A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard blasted off from Russia's launch complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. The launch of the Soyuz rocket took place on the 50th anniversary of the day US astronauts landed on the Moon. The capsule is carrying Andrew Morgan of the United States on his first spaceflight, Russian Alexander Skvortsov on his third mission to the space station and Italian Luca Parmitano. They will join Russian Alexey Ovchinin and Americans Nick Hague and Christina Koch who have been aboard since March. The crew patch for the expedition echoes the one from Apollo 11's 1969 lunar mission. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...