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Watch Soyuz dock with the ISS live!

June 9, 2011

by yaska77

The Soyuz TMA-02M capsule transporting three new members of the Expedition 28 crew to the International Space Station will dock later today at 17:22 EDT (21:22 GMT/ 22:22 BST), and you can watch it live below!

Soyuz-TMA - Credit: NASA

TMA-02M is the 110th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft after the first bearing the name launched in 1967. It is the second flight of the improved Soyuz-TMA-M spacecraft; the first was on 7th October 2010.

The rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 7th June at 22:12 BST. The three person crew, Sergey Volkov, Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa will join fellow Expedition 28 crew members Ron Garan, Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko, who have been living and working at the space station since early April.

Live TV : Ustream

NASA TV docking coverage begins at 16:30 EDT (20:30 GMT/ 21:30 BST), so enjoy above or click here to view externally!

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ISS to get new crew – Watch Soyuz launch live!

June 7, 2011

by  yaska77

The ISS is to get three new crewmembers this week, after the Russian built Soyuz spacecraft launches later today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will launch into orbit at 16:12 EDT (20:12 GMT/ 21:12 BST) and will make up the remainder of the station’s Expedition 28 crew.

They will be joining current ISS inhabitants NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko, who have been living and working at the space station since early April.



Live Broadcasting by Ustream

The new crewmembers are scheduled to arrive at the space station on Thursday 9th June at 17:22 EDT (21:22 GMT/ 22:22 BST), in their Soyuz TMA-02M craft, which is the second version of Russia’s upgraded Soyuz capsule.

NASA TV are scheduled to show pre-launch coverage starting at 14:45 EDT (18:45 GMT/19:45 BST) with lift-off just under an hour and a half later, so watch above or click here for the external site.

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