The spaceship started from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
On Sunday morning, on December 17, the launching vehicle Soyuz-FG with a manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-07 and the crew of the another lengthy expedition on MSK started from platform №1 (Gagarin’s launch pad) of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Roskosmos informs, Correspondent.net reports.
The docking of the spaceship with the station will take place on December 19 and should be in the automatic mode. The selection of a two-day scheme is connected with best ballistic conditions.
The composition of the crew includes Russian Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, Scott Tingle from U.S. and Norishige Kanai from Japan.