HTTP:: TMA 16 to Dock on the ISS Today
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In only a couple of hours, the two professional astronauts and the space tourist aboard the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-16 capsule are scheduled to dock to the International Space Station (ISS). The link-up is estimated to take place at 4:37 am EDT (0837 GMT), and will see two new Expedition 21 crew members brought aboard the orbital facility. They will replace the current ISS Commander, Gennady Padalka, and NASA flight engineer Michael Barratt, who have both come to the end of their six-month stay on the outpost. NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, who are now on TMA-16, will, in turn, remain on the ISS for six months, Space reports. Traveling with them is Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte, who made a name for himself as the founder of the world-famous circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. He will spend ten days aboard the orbital lab, before returning back to Earth with Padalka and Barratt, aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 capsule. During his space stay, L!
aliberte will conduct a series of actions meant to raise awareness on the world's poorest people, who have no access to clean water. He is the founder of the ONE DROP non-profit organization, one that aims to fight poverty by ensuring access to clean water for the poorest populations on the planet. “When I founded ONE DROP, it was (or rather, ...
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