U.S.-Russian crew blasts off for space
station
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[October 19, 2016]
BAIKONUR,
Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts
blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a two-day journey to the
International Space Station. |
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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying the crew of Shane Kimbrough of the
U.S., Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Russia blasts off to the
International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur
cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov |
The Soyuz space
ship carrying NASA's Shane Kimbrough and Russians Sergey
Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko lifted off from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome at 14:05 local time (0805 GMT) and reached orbit
about eight minutes later.
It will travel in space for two days before docking at the
station, which orbits about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
The trio will replace three ISS crew members - Kate Rubins of
NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - who are due to return to
Earth on Oct.29.
Wednesday's launch was originally scheduled for Sept.23, but was
postponed because of technical problems with the Soyuz that have
since been fixed.
(Reporting by Shamil Zhumatov; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov;
Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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