Blastoff! Soyuz Rocket Launches New Space Station Crew

An Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft launched atop a Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and Hazzaa al-Mansoori from the UAE Space Agency. -- First UAE Astronaut Lifts Off with US and Russian Space Station Crew: https://www.space.com/soyuz-ms15-space-station-expedition-61-crew-launch-success.html

First Emirati Astronaut to Fly UAE Flag and Tree Seeds to Space Station: https://www.space.com/almansoori-arab-emirates-space-mementos.html

Credit: NASA