A Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 23, 2019. #

Russia's Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-15 spaceship is raised to vertical at the launchpad at Baikonur on September 23, 2019. #

The Soyuz-FG booster rocket sits mounted on the launchpad on September 23, 2019. #

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying a new crew to the ISS blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 25, 2019. #

The Soyuz spacecraft is launched with the Expedition 61 crew members on board on September 25, 2019. #

People watch the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket booster on September 25, 2019. #

The rocket climbs into the sky, reaching the cloud cover, on September 25, 2019. #

Astronauts aboard the ISS look down toward Kazakhstan to photograph the Soyuz rocket piercing the cloud cover on its ascent to their orbit. #

A view from aboard the ISS, looking toward Kazakhstan, as fellow astronauts aboard the Soyuz rocket climb farther from Earth. #

A closer view of the exhaust trail left behind by the climbing Soyuz spacecraft, as seen from the ISS #

The spacecraft accelerates toward the ISS as it climbs, catching up and matching its speed. #

The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft closes in on the ISS, with the Pacific Ocean obscured by clouds below. #

The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is maneuvered around the ISS to begin docking procedures. #

A camera aboard the ISS monitors the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft as it inches toward the docking module. #