One American and two Russian space crew members have blasted off aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub lifted off on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on the evening of September 15. O'Hara will spend six months on the ISS while Kononenko and Chub will spend a year there. According to NASA, when mission commander Kononenko finishes his tour, he will hold the record for the person who has spent the longest amount of time -- more than 1,000 days -- in space. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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