Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques joins crew at space station

Saint-Jacques, 2 other astronauts take part in 1st manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident

The six-member Expedition 57 crew, from left: Serena Aunon-Chancellor, David Saint-Jacques, Alexander Gerst, Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain and Sergey Prokopyev gather for a portrait. (NASA)

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and two international colleagues joined the crew at the International Space Station on Monday following a successful launch aboard a Soyuz rocket earlier in the day.

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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques lifts off with two other crew members bound for the International Space Station on Monday. 0:54

Saint-Jacques, 48, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and American astronaut Anne McClain are on a mission that is scheduled to last 6½​ months.

The trio entered the International Space Station after spending nearly eight hours in their tiny capsule.

 

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