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A veteran Russian space station commander, a rookie cosmonaut and a NASA shuttle flier rocketed into space aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday, kicking off a four-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station to boost the lab's crew back to six.

Despite Russia's annexation of Crimea and escalating superpower tit-for-tat sanctions, U.S. and Russian space engineers are continuing to cooperate on the high frontier, jointly operating the most complex spacecraft ever built.

Three fresh crew members - Soyuz TMA-12M commander Alexander Skvortsov, flight engineer Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronaut Steven Swanson -- lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Tuesday at 5:17 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 3:17 a.m. Wednesday local time).

Television views showed a rushing torrent of fiery exhaust as the rocket climbed away from its firing stand, quickly arcing to the northeast on a trajectory into the plane of the space station's orbit.

In-cabin video showed the crew members strapped into their seats inside the cramped central command module, monitoring cockpit displays as Russian flight controllers checked in from time to time with performance updates. All three crew members appeared relaxed and in good spirits.

"Everything is nominal on board, and we are feeling great," Skvortsov called.

NASA astronaut Steven Swanson and two Russian cosmonauts on their way to the International Space Station, March 25, 2014.

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"OK, guys, have a successful flight," someone called from the Russian flight control center.

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Soyuz launches Russian, NASA astronauts to International Space Station

An astronaut with ties to the University of Colorado launched beyond the reaches of Earth's atmosphere Tuesday with two Russian cosmonauts to begin a six-month mission aboard the international space station.

Steamboat Springs resident Steve Swanson joined Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev aboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft that launched at 3:17 p.m. MDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

They were originally expected to be aboard the space station shortly after 9 p.m. MDT Tuesday, according to CU officials. But a glitch delayed the landing, and the Soyuz is now expected to dock at the station Thursday evening, according to NASA.

Swanson, who earned his bachelor of science degree in physics engineering from CU, is starting his third stay aboard the international space station.

He served as the flight engineer on the flight mission and in May will transition into the role of station commander when another crew of international astronauts joins him there.

While aboard, Swanson and his crew will be involved in dozens of experiments in the low-gravity environment, including some dealing with capillary blood flow, muscle and bone loss in space, and gravity-sensing in plants, according to a CU news release.

Two space walks are scheduled during Swanson's time on the space station, and the four-time space walk veteran has previously said he is looking forward to venturing out again.

"Getting a space walk would be fantastic," Swanson said during a NASA news conference in January. "It's a very busy time, and kind of stressful, but at the same time it's a fantastic thing to do. The views are amazing out there. It would be hard to describe because it's so different from anything else. Relaxing and just seeing the whole Earth below you is a wonderful thing."

Swanson is one of 20 U.S. astronauts with direct ties to CU, dating back to Scott Carpenter in 1962, according to the university.

Joe Tanner, a former NASA astronaut who is a senior aerospace engineering instructor at CU, formed a close friendship with Swanson while Tanner was working for the agency as a pilot and Swanson was a flight engineer.

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updated 10:35 PM EDT, Tue March 25, 2014 |

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(CNN) -- Blastoff!

A fresh crew took off for the International Space Station on Tuesday aboard a Russian rocket.

Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev -- of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) -- and Steve Swanson of NASA are riding inside the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft, NASA said in a statement.

They launched at 5:17 p.m. ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and were expected to dock some six hours later.

But the spacecraft was not able to complete its third thruster burn, delaying the crew's arrival, NASA said. They are now scheduled to reach the space station on Thursday.

Initial information suggests the spacecraft was not in the proper orientation for the burn.

The three astronauts were reported to be in good condition.

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U.S.-Russian crew blasts into space

The political acrimony following Russia's annexation of Crimea hasn't extended into Earth's orbit, as a US astronaut and two Russian astronaut prepare to fly to the International Space Station on Tuesday.

The tense political relationship between the United States and Russia will not affect the planned launch of a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts to the International Space Station Tuesday (March 25), NASA officials reiterated last week.

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The situation in the Ukraine has led to heightened tensions between Russia and the United States recently. Russian President Vladimir Putin annexedCrimea, a region of the Ukraine, making the peninsula a part of Russia on Friday (March 21). President Barack Obama and other world leaders have condemned Putin's decision, bringing sanctions against Russia in response.

NASA's Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev are set to launch atop a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station Tuesday, and thepolitical climatewill not disturb this event, NASA officials have said. The political situation has not affected the relationship between the Russian and U.S. space programs, NASA spokesman Josh Byerly wrote in an email to Space.com Friday (March 21). [See views of Earth taken by astronauts in space]

"We have a great relationship with all of our international partners, and the crew is focused on launch," Byerly told Space.com.

Since the end of NASA's space shuttle program, the agency has relied on Russia'sSoyuz spacecraftto ferry astronauts to and from the space station. By 2017, NASA officials hope to start using private spacecraft now under development in the United States to deliver astronauts to orbit.

International cooperation plays a huge role in the space station program, Mike Fossum, deputy director of flight crew operations for the International Space Station, said during an interview on March 23.

"I think the international cooperation of the 15 nations we have participating in the International Space Station program is really important," Fossum said. "It's great as we share our resources from the different countries, our skills and our teamwork, our experience come together to make these kinds of things happen. It's important to us now to have the Russian Soyuz spacecraft as our way of getting people to and from theInternational Space Station."

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