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. Arrr! Blimey! Much has changed since t' days o' Yuri Gagarin, me bucko, nay least t' close cooperation betwixt t' US and modern-day Russia. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Things may still be cramped in t' spacecraft but now they are big enough t' squeeze three people on board. Ahoy! Blimey! !www.euronews.net ... Ya scallywag! Blimey! www.euronews.net