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A veteran Russian space station commander, a rookie cosmonaut and a NASA shuttle flier rocketed smoothly into space aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday, but the crew ran into problems executing a required rendezvous rocket firing, delaying docking with the International Space Station until Thursday at the earliest.

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

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Skvortsov and his crewmates had hoped to be the fifth crew to carry out a four-orbit rendezvous. They executed the first two rendezvous firings on schedule, but the third firing was not carried out, apparently because the spacecraft was not in the expected attitude, or orientation.

With the rendezvous sequence interrupted, Russian flight controllers defaulted to the more traditional two-day sequence while engineers reviewed telemetry and stood by for additional passes over Russian ground stations to collect more data.

"Right now, we don't understand exactly what happened," a Russian flight controller radioed the crew. "So we'll analyze and review all the telemetry. On the next orbit, there will be a comm pass. ... During this comm pass, we'll download the whole mass of telemetry and we will analyze it and review it and we'll try to figure out what happened."

The two-day rendezvous profile will be familiar to Skvortsov, who followed the same set of procedures during his first flight to the space station in 2010.

Assuming the problem can be resolved in time, Skvortsov will oversee an automated docking at the station's upper Poisk module around 7:58 p.m. EDT Thursday. Josh Byerly, NASA's mission control commentator, said the crew was in no danger, and that more than enough supplies were on board to support a two-day 34-orbit rendezvous.

Whenever they arrive, Skvortsov and his crewmates will be welcomed aboard the space station by Expedition 39 commander Koichi Wakata, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio.

Wakata and his two crewmates have had the station to themselves since March 11 when Soyuz TMA-10M commander Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Mike Hopkins returned to Earth. Wakata and his crewmates are scheduled to follow suit in their Soyuz TMA-11M ferry craft on May 13.

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Delay in docking of Soyuz craft with International Space Station

Two Russians and an American blasted off successfully Wednesday. But a 24-second engine burn in orbit failed to occur, and their docking with the International Space Station is delayed until Thursday.

An engine snag has delayed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station until Thursday.

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A rocket carrying Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and American Steve Swanson to the space station blasted off successfully early Wednesday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled at 3:17 a.m. local time Wednesday (2117 GMT Tuesday). It entered a designated orbit about 10 minutes after the launch and was expected to reach the space station in six hours. All onboard systems were working flawlessly, and the crew was feeling fine.

NASA and Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, said shortly before the planned docking that the arrival had been delayed after a 24-second engine burn that was necessary to adjust the Soyuz spacecraft's orbiting path "did not occur as planned."

The crew is in no danger, but will have to wait until Thursday for the Soyuz TMA-12M to arrive and dock at the space station, NASA said. The arrival is now scheduled for 7:58 p.m. EDT (2358 GMT) Thursday.

Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Wednesday that the glitch occurred because of a failure of the ship's orientation system. The crew is in good spirits and they have taken off their space suits to prepare for the long flight, Ostapenko said in remarks carried by Russian news agencies.

The Russian official said the crew is now working to adjust the spacecraft to the right orbit to make it for the Thursday docking.

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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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(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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