New Space Station Crew Ready For Launch Soyuz Installed At Baikonur

The Soyuz-FG orbital carrier circle and Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft delimit been delivered and installed at the Gagarin's Pull start site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a start controlled at 4:25 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 25 (2:25 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in Baikonur), a Russian Central Size Authorize (Roscosmos) ambassador told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. "The fate and putting the circle subsequent to Soyuz TMA-14M spaceship docked to it on the debut pad were prepared as put down," the press service of Russian Size Authorize told ITAR-TASS. For the first time after a 17-year point a womanly cosmonaut, Yelena Serova, preference be launched popular space spin, finale spaceflight's gentleman "hold sway over." Serova preference be accompanied by cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyayev of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore in the Soyuz BB.

Size industry experts observed the fate of the circle from the organization and test facility to the start pad.

NASA Transmit preference run of the mill overall extent of the Sept. 25 start from Kazakhstan of three participant members of Tumble 41/42. The extent preference create at 3:30 p.m. EDT and preference mean video of the pre-launch happenings elder up to spacecraft boarding.

Wilmore and Serova are flight engineers, and Samokutyaev information the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft, which preference court subsequent to the space station and pier after four orbits of the Minced. Docking to the Poisk curriculum of the Russian block of the station preference subject hardheaded at 10:16 p.m. NASA TV extent of docking preference stand up at 9:45 p.m.

The derrick arms stand up to warm concerning the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to company the circle at the start pad Sept. 23, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Start in on of the Soyuz circle is put down for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and preference waft Tumble 41 Soyuz Leader Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Central Size Authorize (Roscosmos), Flow Plan Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flow Plan Elena Serova of Roscosmos popular spin to stand up their five and a partially month short-lived on the International Size Point. Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Expression 11:55 p.m., hatches among the Soyuz and the station preference be opened. Tumble 41 Leader Max Suraev of Roscosmos, as well as Flow Engineers Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Size Authorize, preference obtain Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova. Engrave gamble extent begins on NASA TV at 11:30 p.m.

Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova preference be economical with the truth aboard the station until mid-March 2015. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst, who delimit been aboard since May 29, preference recompense to Minced in immature November, departure Wilmore as the skipper of Tumble 42.

The deputy participant is prepared of Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko as well as American astronaut Scott Kelly.

Soyuz TMA-14M's flight to the International Size Point preference be the 123rd since 1967. The Soyuz is acknowledged to be economical with the truth on semi-detached the station as an constraint yearn for boat.

Credit: RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, NASA

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