From Baikonur launched “Union” with the image of Gagarin and the new crew on board – BBC

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Launch vehicle “Soyuz-FG” with the manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-20M”, which is on board the new the crew of the International space station (ISS), was launched from Baikonur, reports RIA «News»

On board the spacecraft has the logo -. stylized image of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the headset. On board the “Union” also flaunts its famous phrase:. “! Let’s go,” and the numbers “1961-2016″ in honor of the 55th anniversary of the flight

Department of spacecraft from the third stage of the launch vehicle to be held in 00.35 MSK . Joining the “Union” with the ISS is scheduled six hours after the start, at 6.12 MSK, in automatic mode.

On the orbit of the ship to deliver Alexei Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka (Roskosmos) and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams. The duration of the expedition is scheduled to make 173 days.

Previous reported that the carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG” with the manned spacecraft “TMA-20M Soyuz” is set to the site number . 1 Baikonur cosmodrome

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