HTTP:: TMA 16 Launches to the ISS
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Two Expedition 21 crew members and a space tourist launched for the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:14 am EDT (0714 GMT) this morning, atop a Soyuz delivery system. The spacecraft, which carries the manned Soyuz space capsule, took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is operated by the Russian space agency RosCosmos. The craft is scheduled to reach the orbital lab two days from now, on Friday. When TMA-16 docks to the station, it will mark a unique moment in history, when three capsules will be attached to the ISS at the same time (Soyuz 14, 15 and 16).NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, possibly the last tourist to fly in space in the foreseeable future, make up the new Soyuz crew. Once aboard the space station, the two professional astronauts will replace current ISS Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA flight engineer Michael Barratt. Both experts are at the end of a six-month stay, !
and are looking forward to returning to Earth and seeing their families again.They will return aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 capsule, alongside Laliberte, who is the founder of the famous circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. Their capsule has been attached to the ISS since March this year. The other spacecraft currently affixed to the s...
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