# A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station today, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades. The last time India, Poland or Hungary sent people to space, their current crop of astronauts had not yet been born. Back then they were called cosmonauts, as they all flew on Soviet missions before the fall of the Iron Curtain. They will remain at the space station for 14 days.
India, Poland and Hungary send crew into space for first time in decades