Baikonur , Kazakhstan. 27 November, 2025. Photographers watch as the Russian Soyuz MS-28 rocket climbs into the sky after blasting off from launch pad 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, November 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spaceship is carrying Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev to the International Space Station. Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Alamy Live News

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