Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2010, 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers lifted off from Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:35 pm EDT Tuesday (2135 GMT Tuesday, 3:35 am local time Wednesday) and placed the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft into orbit. Inside the Soyuz are American astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who will arrive at the ISS on Thursday. The three will join the three current crewmembers on the station, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Alexander Skvortsov, and Mikhail Kornienko.
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers lifted off from Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:35 pm EDT Tuesday (2135 GMT Tuesday, 3:35 am local time Wednesday) and placed the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft into orbit. Inside the Soyuz are American astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who will arrive at the ISS on Thursday. The three will join the three current crewmembers on the station, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Alexander Skvortsov, and Mikhail Kornienko.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, March 12
One possible recipe for life on Titan is a bust
Science News — 5:38 am ET (0938 GMT) China plans 2026 pioneer satellite launch for low-latitude remote sensing constellation
Xinhua — 5:36 am ET (0936 GMT) Lunar magnetic field mystery may finally have an explanation
Physics World — 5:36 am ET (0936 GMT) Universe’s brightest stellar explosions may be powered by highly magnetic neutron stars
Science — 5:35 am ET (0935 GMT) MDA Space Announces Pricing Of Initial Public Offering In The United States
MDA — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT) |
