The spacecraft “Soyuz MS-05” with a new crew launched to ISS from Baikonur
The BAIKONUR COSMODROME (Kazakhstan), 28 Jul — RIA Novosti. The carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG” with manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS-05” with the crew of three was launched to the International space station (ISS) from the site “Gagarin’s start”, the correspondent of RIA Novosti from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
On Board the Soyuz are Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, U.S. astronaut Randolph Breznik and astronaut of the European space Agency (ESA), the Italian Paolo Nespoli. On the ISS a new expedition expect cosmonaut of the Roscosmos Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fisher.
In a few minutes “Soyuz MS-05” should be separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle and exit on a trajectory to rendezvous with the ISS. The vehicle docking with the station is scheduled at 01.00 GMT on July 29. It is expected that the crew will conduct at the station 139 days.
LIFTOFF! Three people leave Earth at 11:41am ET on a journey to @Space_Station. They arrive tonight at 6pm ET: https://t.co/mzKW5uDsTi pic.twitter.com/Oqah1WVMjQ
— NASA (@NASA) July 28, 2017
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On the occurrence of weightlessness astronauts strapped firmly declare it to the toy gnome was chosen by the family of Sergei Ryazan and transformer Paolo Nespoli and bear Randolph Bresnik.
.@AstroKomrade, @Astro_Paolo & @Ryazanskiy_ISS are safely in orbit after an 11:41am ET launch, set to arrive at @Space_Station at 6pm ET pic.twitter.com/ii2wtEPoK8
— NASA (@NASA) July 28, 2017
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Russian cosmonauts during their stay on the station will make a spacewalk in mid-August. Ryazan and Yurchikhin will prepare a mini research module (MIM-2) for holding the outputs from it into space. In addition, the astronauts will conduct experiments on pre-installed on the ISS outer surface tablet and launched several scientific satellites including in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (Soviet Union launched the first satellite October 4, 1957).