Three Astronauts Blast Off to International Space Station 3 December 2018

Three astronauts blast off to International Space Station 3 December 2018

was damaged during the rocket's final assembly.

Since the mishap, four successful Soyuz launches have been conducted to clear the path for the crew's launch.

U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut ?leg Kononenko?, centre, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), report to members of the State Committee prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Three astronauts have blasted off to the International Space Station, a successful launch that follows October's aborted mission.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint- Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg

Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 5:31 p.m. U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, centre, Russian (1131 GMT; 6:31 a.m. EST) Monday from the cosmonaut ?leg Kononenko, bottom, and CSA astronaut Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in David Saint Jacques, crew members of the mission to the Kazakhstan. International Space Station, ISS, wave as they board the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the A Soyuz-FG rocket carrying NASA astronaut Nick Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin failed two Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, minutes into its flight on Oct. 11, activating an Pool) automatic rescue system that sent their capsule into a steep ride back to Earth. A Russian investigation attributed the failure to a sensor that

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U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), crew to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts speaks with her relatives through a safety glass prior to with his children from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz- the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool) Lovetsky, Pool)

Russian Space Agency experts help CSA astronaut U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew of the of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship during the inspection of his space suit prior the launch of at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Lovetsky) Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), during an inspection of his space suit prior to the (ISS), speaks with his relatives through a safety glass launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts with her crew to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts family from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket with his children from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz- at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool) Lovetsky, Pool)

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Jacques, members of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), report to head or Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

David Saint Jacques, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, waves as he boards the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut ?leg Kononenko?, centre, and CSA astronaut David Saint

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cosmonaut ?leg Kononenko, bottom, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, wave as they board the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, walks to the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, centre, Russian

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