ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A manned Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut onboard has successfully undocked from the International Space Station after crew resolved glitches that had prevented departure a day earlier.

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Russian rocket carrying U.S.-Russian crew blasts off successfully for space station mission

US-Russian crew blasts off to space station

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US astronauts upbeat and ready for upcoming space mission despite scuttling of shuttle fleet

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Russian rocket in place at Central Asia launching pad for space station mission

Russian rocket primed for space station mission

Russian space capsule with 3 astronauts from space station lands in Kazakhstan

Russian space capsule with 3 aboard lands

MOSCOW — A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts back from a five-month mission on the International Space Station landed early Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

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Russian space official says Soyuz craft docked successfully at International Space Station

Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station

Rocket carrying 2 cosmonauts, 1 astronaut blasts off from Kazakhstan to Space Station

Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American

Rocket carrying NASA astronaut blasts off from Kazakhstan to International Space Station

Rocket with NASA astronaut blasts off for ISS

Astronauts get go ahead for Good Friday launch for mission to the International Space Station

Astronauts get go ahead for Good Friday launch

Astronauts get go-ahead for Good Friday launch for mission to the International Space Station

Astronauts get go-ahead for Good Friday launch

Soyuz spacecraft hoisted onto launch pad ahead of Friday mission amid heightened security

Rocket prepared for Soyuz space launch

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Technicians at the Russian-leased space center in Kazakhstan hoisted a rocket onto its launch pad ahead of Friday’s blastoff of a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.