manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-10M” to the crew of a new expedition has successfully docked with the Russian segment of the International Space Station, according to the Mission Control Center.
The expedition – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazan, and U.S. astronaut Michael Hopkins.
At the ISS is now working three astronauts: Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano.
planned duration of the new expedition will be 168 days. The crew will perform the scientific program of 35 experiments and conduct three spacewalks.
Joining the “Union” with the ISS on six hours after launch. This is the third manned spacecraft docked on a shortened six-hour scheme.
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