Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Cosmonauts meet watermelon and apples – BBC News

Soldiers of the Central Military District (CVO), which are involved in search and rescue support the landing vehicle “Soyuz TMA-12M” to the crew of the International Space Station, astronauts meet Kuban apples and Astrakhan watermelon, reports “Interfax”.

“Fruits asked on the eve of the flight crew to the International Space Station and, despite the absence of any instructions in this regard, rescuers CVO fulfill the request. Approved medical apples and watermelon astronauts try, leaving the lander and passed a medical examination,” – said Assistant Commander Colonel Jaroslav CVO Roshupkin.

In the search-and-rescue support landing “Union” was attended by about 200 troops, 14 helicopters Mi-8, three AN-12 and AN-26, six units of road vehicles patency. On board the ship to return to Earth Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and American astronaut Steven Swanson.

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