The Olympic flame arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome - NA "Atmosphere"

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Olympic flame arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, astronauts brought the torch of the 38th expedition to the ISS – Russian Mikhail Tyurin, American Rick Mastracchio and Japanese Koichi Wakata , reports Asiareporter.

“At 8:14 am on November 7 planned start-up of a space rocket” Soyuz-FG “, which will bring the Olympic flame into orbit. On the same day the Olympic torch will be already in orbit, the 9th number will make it into space, and then the current leader of the expedition to the ISS Fedor Jurchihin bring him back to Earth. He returned with his crew on November 11, “- said in a statement.

known that the torch will even the logo Crew , Olympic symbols adorn the rocket and spacecraft.

the day of the start of the astronauts themselves will suffer the fire of the hotel, where they live, to the bus, he drove to the launch site. After the report of the chairman of the state commission they’ll carry the torch to the bus will transport to the launch pad, then delivered to the ship.

Recall , October 8 at the Red Square in Moscow, the Olympic flame was saying goodbye. His way is through Russia and ends February 7, 2014 in Sochi.

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