Soyuz Craft With 2 Russians and 1 American Docks at International Space Station

MOSCOW—A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, a little more than three hours after its launch. The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked with the space station after two orbits of the Earth, a fast trip compared with some that have lasted for days. The crew already aboard the station were performing a lengthy series of system checks before those in the capsule can enter. The mission commander is Alexei Ovchinin, with Russian compatriot Ivan Vagner and American Donald Pettit in the crew....