Soyuz launches new crew to ISS
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2012, 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crew members on Tuesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:01 pm EDT Monday (0301 GMT, 9:01 am local time Tuesday) and placed the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft into orbit. On board the Soyuz are Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American astronaut Joseph Acaba. The Soyuz will dock with the ISS at 11:39 pm EDT Wednesday (0339 GMT Thursday), where the three will join the three people currently on the ISS: NASA's Don Pettit, ESA's Andre Kuipers, and Roscosmos's Oleg Kononenko.
A Soyuz rocket launched a spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crew members on Tuesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:01 pm EDT Monday (0301 GMT, 9:01 am local time Tuesday) and placed the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft into orbit. On board the Soyuz are Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American astronaut Joseph Acaba. The Soyuz will dock with the ISS at 11:39 pm EDT Wednesday (0339 GMT Thursday), where the three will join the three people currently on the ISS: NASA's Don Pettit, ESA's Andre Kuipers, and Roscosmos's Oleg Kononenko.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Wednesday, February 12
Firefly Aerospace Awarded $8.2 Million Texas Space Commission Grant to Expand Spacecraft Facility
GlobeNewswire — 6:15 am ET (1115 GMT) Firefly Aerospace to add 50 new employees thanks to $8.2M Texas Space Commission grant
Austin (TX) Business Journal — 6:15 am ET (1115 GMT) Redwire Wins Follow-on Contract to Deliver Third Mako Spacecraft for U.S. Space Force
Business Wire — 6:14 am ET (1114 GMT) Sidus Space Announces LizzieSat-3 Ready for Launch
Business Wire — 6:14 am ET (1114 GMT) How Trump’s air force picks signal blast-off in the US-China military space race
South China Morning Post — 6:13 am ET (1113 GMT) |
