Two astronauts begin year-long mission on ISS
The launch of a Soyuz capsule today with three astronauts successfully began the year-long mission of two of those astronauts on ISS.
They will dock with ISS this evening.
The launch of a Soyuz capsule today with three astronauts successfully began the year-long mission of two of those astronauts on ISS.
They will dock with ISS this evening.
The launch of three astronauts, two of which will spend a year in space, has now been scheduled for March 27.
It is because these two astronauts will not be returning to Earth in six months there was room for the Russians to sell a seat to space tourist Sarah Brightman.