Soyuz carries Olympic torch to space Pictures Soyuz carries Olympic torch to space The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-11M space ship carrying new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Nov. 7, 2013. The rocket, carrying the Olympic torch, successfully blasted off Thursday from earth ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. Read more: Rocket carrying Olympic torch docks with space station Credit: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP