A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Canadian blasts off on Wednesday.<br/> <br />The Russian-built spaceship lifted off on schedule from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station.<br/> <br />Canadian Chris Hadfield is accompanied on the mission by U.S. astronaut Tom Mashburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.<br/> <br />They'll join one American and two Russians who are already manning the 100 billion dollar, 15-nation research station.
