Soyuz astronauts dock with International Space Station - video

The Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan on Wednesday carrying three new crew members to the International Space Station. Less than six hours after liftoff, Russian commander Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Nasa astronaut Michael Hopkins reach the outpost. They join commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Nasa astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, who have been running the station since 10 September

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