Spaceship “Soyuz” was launched from Baikonur with new ISS crew – NEWSru.com

spacecraft “Union” on the evening of November 17 was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome to the International space station with its new crew. He successfully went into orbit and took a course to the ISS
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Members of the main crew 50/51-nd expedition on International space station NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, cosmonaut of the Roscosmos Oleg Novitsky and astronaut ESA pesquet (left to right)
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Soyuz successfully went into orbit and took a course to the ISS
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the spacecraft “Union” on the evening of November 17 was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome to the International space station with its new crew. He successfully went into orbit and took a course to the ISS.

the Transport manned spacecraft of a new modification of “Soyuz MS-03″ separated from the third stage of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG”, the correspondent of Agency Interfax from Baikonur. “There is space”, – said the speaker on the speakerphone.

In the composition of ISS-50/51 – cosmonaut of the Roscosmos Oleg Novitsky, ESA astronaut Thomas Sands and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Previously, the launch vehicle was planned for 16 November, but was then postponed for a day to provide the best ballistic conditions.

Convergence of “Soyuz MS-03″ with the ISS will be carried out in a two-day the scheme. The docking of a manned ship with a research module Rassvet to the International space station is scheduled in automatic mode on 20 Nov at 01:01 Moscow time.