Half a century after t' first manned flight into space, a Soyuz rocket has blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a mission t' t' orbitin' International Space Station. Avast, me proud beauty! Much has changed since t' days o' Yuri Gagarin, shiver me timbers, nay least t' close cooperation betwixt t' US and modern-day Russia. Blimey! Things may still be cramped in t' spacecraft but now they are big enough t' squeeze three people on board. Well, blow me down! !www.euronews.net ... Aye aye! www.euronews.net