New US-Russian Crew Launches to Space Station on Soyuz Rocket

Two NASA astronauts and one Russian astronaut successfully launched today (September 12) on the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA astronaut Mark Vand Hey and Joe Akia and Russian astronaut Alexander Majorrkin exploded near a Russian Swaz rocket from Bichonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:21. EDT (2127 GMT) is packed firmly within their SWEASE MS-06 space capsules, the triangle starts the ISS 6-hour flight after a flawless launch sequence. Russian Moscow Translator Center translator has repeatedly announced a live webcast in Moscow, "Suez MS-66 grew up in the sky" "Everything is nominal on board." And the crew is doing well ".

It is expected that Pazisk modules of Swaz Space Station can arrive at 10:57 PM today. EDT, 5 hours and 40 minutes after launch (0257 GMT September 13). NASA's TV commentator Rob Nabias said, "A series of flashes of over the next few hours will gradually rise in their orbit." You can see live docking at Space.com here.

At the station, they will meet up to 53 half-time in the second campaign, when three arriving in the ISS in July: Russian astronaut Randy Brennic, Russian astronaut Sergei Reyzansky and European Space Agency astronaut Paulo Nespoli. Before opening the hatch, the crew will check the series test series and Soyuz about an hour and a half around. Hatch on Wednesday morning (September 13) around 12:40 ADDT (0440 GMT) is scheduled to be launched. [Space station photos: raid 53 missions crew orbit]

NASA officials said in a statement that Voody Hei, Aqaba and Misurukin will sit in the orbit for about five months, where they will work in "hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical sciences, and science." During their stay, they will serve as both members of Expedition 53 and 54.

Although Akwa and Misurukin have already been transferred, this place is the first place in Vander Hei. Vande Hei has been selected for NASA's astronaut forces in 2006, as an anchorage on NASA's Aquarius underwater laboratory during the 18th mission of NEEMO.

Both Acaba and Misurkin IS have been exited before; In 2012, Expiration worked as a flight flight engineer at 35/36 and was the Akaba flight engineer for the expedition 31/23 in 2012. Acquired in 2009, the space shuttle for the mission STS-119, traveled to Duscany and logged into a total of 138 days in two missions. During the total flight time, Misurkin is most experienced, with 166 days to spend so much of space.

Originally, NASA and Russian space agency Roccosmos planned to launch the Missouri and Wand Heyay in this special suit trip. Although Soyuz has three seats, Roscosmos decided to postpone an astronaut in 2013 for the construction of a new space. To maintain a crew of six people at the space station, NASA astronaut Peggy Hotel has been extended for three months.

In February, NASA signed an agreement with Boeing, which will allow two seats in Russia's Cruude Suawès flight, which will launch today and 55/56 Expeditions of March 2018. Boeing is an unrelated part of NASA's officials in a statement, said Russian company Energia to build Swazian spacecraft, and sold them $ 373.5 million or $ 74.7 million in NASA. Under his regular contract with Roscosmos, NASA Soyuz spends $ 81.7 million per seat.