( CNN ) -- A Russian spacecraft was launched Sunday in Kazakhstan , carrying crew members from three countries to a four-month deployment aboard the International Space Station . NASA astronaut Sunita Williams , Japan 's Aki Hoshide and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko will join other crew members on the station , according to NASA . The Soyuz TMA-05M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome , according to NASA . The Soyuz is expected to dock with the orbiting complex on Tuesday , NASA said . The launch and docking of the Expedition 32 crew members coincides with the 37th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project , the first docking of an American spacecraft with a Russian spacecraft .
NEW : Spacecraft is launched in Kazakhstan . Soyuz spacecraft taking three crew members to space station . The Soyuz is expected to dock with the station on Tuesday .