Historic Space Journey: American and Russian Astronauts Dock at ISS

A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts successfully launched from Baikonur cosmodrome and docked with the International Space Station. NASA's Don Pettit and Russia's Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner were onboard, and the mission proceeded smoothly as per Russian news agencies.

A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off without hitch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday evening and successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS).

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft bore NASA's astronaut Don Pettit and Russian astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. This successful journey marks another milestone in the ongoing collaboration between NASA and Roskosmos.

Russian news agencies, referring to a Roskosmos livestream, confirmed the spacecraft's flawless docking with the Russian segment of the ISS.

(With inputs from agencies.)