<p>A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off for the International Space Station on Thursday, April 20, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.</p><p>The rocket carried NASA astronaut Jack Fischer</a> and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.</p><p>Their craft was set on a “fast-track six-hour course” to the International Space Station, NASA said</a>.</p><br />