--- description: Scientific cooperation continues despite tensions between Moscow and Washington title: Watch the Soyuz Rocket Launch from Earth to Space in One and a Half Minutes Flat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5686a0276a7c053e/69869124e53abab7304d2c12/soyuz-mission-4041-rocket-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Russian Rocket Launch a U.S. Astronaut to International Space Station  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2014 10:42 PM CUT  The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on May 29, 2014. The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on May 29, 2014.Dmitry Lovetsky—AP  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2014 10:42 PM CUT Recent bellicose [rhetoric](http://mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/5/28/soyuz%5Flaunch.html "undefined") between Moscow and Washington didn’t stop a Russian Soyuz rocket from carrying a NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and a German flight engineer from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan toward the the International Space Station on Wednesday afternoon. These days, hitching a ride on the Russian rocket is the only way for the U.S. to get an astronaut to the I.S.S. Due to the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine, a Russian official recently commented that if the Americans want to get an astronaut to the ISS, they should consider a [trampoline](http://time.com/97923/moscow-gps-russia-rogozin/ "undefined"). Since no emergency trampolines were deployed, we mark this one a win for science. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/132946/watch-russian-soyuz-rocket-launch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/132946/watch-russian-soyuz-rocket-launch/"},"headline":"Watch a Russian Rocket Launch a U.S. Astronaut to International Space Station","datePublished":"2014-05-28T22:42:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:05:45.118Z","description":"Scientific cooperation continues despite tensions between Moscow and Washington","url":"https://time.com/132946/watch-russian-soyuz-rocket-launch/","keywords":["Space","NASA","astronauts","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5686a0276a7c053e/69869124e53abab7304d2c12/soyuz-mission-4041-rocket-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5686a0276a7c053e/69869124e53abab7304d2c12/soyuz-mission-4041-rocket-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"APTOPIX KazaThe Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on May 29, 2014. akhstan Russia Space","caption":"The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on May 29, 2014.","creditText":"Dmitry Lovetsky—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/132946/watch-russian-soyuz-rocket-launch/","name":"Watch a Russian Rocket Launch a U.S. Astronaut to International Space Station"}}]}] ```