Home ›

Soyuz Arrives at Space Station

in
Department: 
The International Space Station
Teaser: 

"Three spaceflyers have arrived at the International Space Station, their new home for the next 5 1/2 months."

Link: 

Soyuz Capsule Arrives at Space Station with New Crew

Source: 

SPACE.com Download time: Jun 10 2011 9:15 AM ET

hree spaceflyers have arrived at the International Space Station, their new home for the next 5 1/2 months.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov reached the orbiting lab today (June 9) after a two-day journey. Their Soyuz capsule docked to the Rassvet mini research module in the station's Russian segment a few minutes ahead of schedule at 5:18 p.m. EDT (2118 GMT).

During preparations yesterday for the spacecraft's rendezvous with the station, a slight issue was detected with one of the Soyuz thrusters. Russian flight controllers determined, however, that it would not impact the capsule's docking operations.…

See SPACE.com for links to further info.

Also see Universe Today.