Soyuz spacecraft MS15 ascending into space

Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch photographed the Soyuz MS15 crew ship ascending into space after its launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz docked a few hours later to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates.