Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station where the men are to spend five months in orbit. The Russian-built Soyuz TMA-06M lifted off on time from the Baikonur launch facility carrying US astronaut Kevin Ford on his second space voyage, and cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarletan on their first missions.