Source: The Canadian Press, December 3, 2018
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, American astronaut Anne C. McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko blasted off Monday for the International Space Station.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacquesblasted off from Kazakhstan this morning aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station.
The 48-year-old doctor and astronaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
The launch appeared to go smoothly from Kazakhstan at the precise liftoff time of 6:31 a.m. eastern time.
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