Russian rocket gives NASA a lift to space station

New York Times : Today a Soyuz TMA-22 rocket carrying one American and two Russian astronauts began the two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Now that its space shuttle program is over, NASA is going to utilize other sources of transport for space travel, among them Russia and, eventually, commercial enterprise. Today’s launch was originally scheduled for September, but was delayed after the failure of a Russian unmanned cargo rocket in August. Another crew of three astronauts is scheduled to travel to the ISS on 21 December.