Soyuz craft docks to the International Space Station

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STORY: The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on Saturday (March 23), two days later than planned. The original launch was aborted seconds before takeoff on Thursday (March 21) because of a problem with a chemical power source.

The spacecraft was carrying Russian Oleg Novitsky, Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya and American Tracy Dyson.

Novitsky and Vasilevskaya will return to Earth on April 6 with Loral O'Hara, a U.S. astronaut currently aboard the orbital station.

The hatch is expected to open around 1:40 EST on Monday.