After their launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome, the US astronaut Anne McClain, canadian David Saint-Jacques and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko have reached the International space station (ISS). The Russian space Agency Roscosmos said and wrote: “Welcome to the ISS”.
After the separation of the third drive stage of its Soyuz rocket, the space ship’s course had taken on the Outpost of humanity is about 400 kilometers above the earth. The spaceman arrived, according to the US space Agency, Nasa, is a good six hours later.
The three spacemen to the current three Crew on Board, headed by the German Esa astronaut Alexander Gerst, relieve.After the emergency landing of a Soyuz rocket in October, the crew was on his own and is likely to do solely with Gencobahis the maintenance of the operation had much. In December Gerst and his two former crew to return members to the earth.
#SoyuzMS11: CONTACT and CAPTURE! ��
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with a crew onboard successfully docked with the Research Module Poisk of the International Space Station. the
Welcome to the ISS, Oleg, @Astro_DavidS ? @AstroAnnimal! pic.twitter.com/mgVYHfxiro
— ????????? (@roscosmos) 3. December 2018,
By Gerst on Twitter-spread images show how the “Soyuz”rocket through space grid. The German Astronaut from the state of baden-württemberg, Künzelsau since June on the ISS and has held there since the beginning of October, the first German in command.
Congratulations to the Russian Space Agency @roscosmos and all international partners for a flawless launch of #SoyuzMS11. And welcome to space, @Astro_DavidS, @AstroAnnimal and Oleg! #Exp57 #Exp58 #Horizons pic.twitter.com/rzEjtm2PcO
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) 3. December 2018,
Before the arrival of the new colleagues had promised the 42-Year-old: “We bring the ISS in the Form, before our friends arrive with the “Soyuz MS-11″.”
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