A Russian Soyuz rocket, with three crew members, has blasted off from the Beikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhastan for the International Space Station. The rocket is carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American. It will orbit the earth four times before docking with the space outpost. During one of the space walks, the two Russians will take the Olympic torch into open space as part of torch's relay, ahead of the winter games in Sochi in February. But, for safety concerns, the torch would not be lit.