Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 6:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers docked with the station early Wednesday, ending any remaining fears that the station would soon have to be decrewed. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft docked with the station's Poisk module at 12:24 am EST (0524 GMT) Wednesday, and hatches separating the station and spacecraft opened about two hours later. Onboard the Soyuz was American astronaut Dan Burbank and Russia cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, who now join the existing ISS crew of Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, and Sergei Volkov. Fossum, Furukawa, and Volkov will return to Earth next week, with three new crewmembers scheduled for launch next month. The Soyuz, launched two days earlier from Baikonur, had been delayed for two months to allow for an investigation into an August launch failure of a similar Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress cargo spacecraft. Had the Soyuz not launched and successfully docked with the station before next week, the station would have been temporarily left in orbit without a crew.
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers docked with the station early Wednesday, ending any remaining fears that the station would soon have to be decrewed. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft docked with the station's Poisk module at 12:24 am EST (0524 GMT) Wednesday, and hatches separating the station and spacecraft opened about two hours later. Onboard the Soyuz was American astronaut Dan Burbank and Russia cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, who now join the existing ISS crew of Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, and Sergei Volkov. Fossum, Furukawa, and Volkov will return to Earth next week, with three new crewmembers scheduled for launch next month. The Soyuz, launched two days earlier from Baikonur, had been delayed for two months to allow for an investigation into an August launch failure of a similar Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress cargo spacecraft. Had the Soyuz not launched and successfully docked with the station before next week, the station would have been temporarily left in orbit without a crew.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Friday, September 12
Lebanon licenses Elon Musk's Starlink for satellite internet services
AP — 7:30 am ET (1130 GMT) Rocket Lab CEO on the new space race: ‘It’s getting exciting’
Fast Company — 7:28 am ET (1128 GMT) Iridium Communications stock rating downgraded by Raymond James on SpaceX deal
Investing.com — 7:26 am ET (1126 GMT) AST SpaceMobile Jabs SpaceX for Overloading Earth's Orbit With Satellites
PC Magazine — 7:26 am ET (1126 GMT) Protestors in Mexico oppose impact of bigger SpaceX launches
Texas Standard — 7:26 am ET (1126 GMT) |
