Manned Soyuz heads for ISS with new crew
A new crew was successfully launched into orbit last night by a Russian Soyuz rocket.
This is the mission that Sarah Brightman was originally going to fly on as a tourist — before she backed out or was rejected by the Russians as a unqualified. Instead, it carries one Russian who is going to take over as commander of the station for a long term mission, and two short term astronauts, from Kazakhstan and Denmark, who will remain in orbit for only about 10 days.
They are taking the long, two-day rendezvous route to ISS, so they won’t actually dock until Friday.
A new crew was successfully launched into orbit last night by a Russian Soyuz rocket.
This is the mission that Sarah Brightman was originally going to fly on as a tourist — before she backed out or was rejected by the Russians as a unqualified. Instead, it carries one Russian who is going to take over as commander of the station for a long term mission, and two short term astronauts, from Kazakhstan and Denmark, who will remain in orbit for only about 10 days.
They are taking the long, two-day rendezvous route to ISS, so they won’t actually dock until Friday.