Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the american astronaut Peggy Whitson and the French Thomas Pesquet, that took off in the early hours of Friday from the space base of Baikonur in Kazakhstan with destination to the Station EspacialInternacional (ISS), last night they were docked their craft to the body of the Station.
The rocket Soyuz blasted off at 2.20 local time on Friday (17.20 Thursday in Argentina) for carrying the trio of astronauts to the ISS, which is docked last night for a mission of six months.
Russia is known for its ability to make pitches in any type of weather conditions. Or the snow that covers the cosmódromo from which the country is currently the only one able to send crew to the ISS, nor the frigid temperatures that prevail could impede the takeoff of the rocket Soyuz.
Nearly nine minutes after you get going, the launcher’s Russian -that made a total of 1,700 takeoffs successful from the 1960-, the capsule Soyuz MS-03 in which they travel to the three astronauts are separated from the third floor of the rocket to be placed in orbit 200 km above Earth.
The Soyuz deployed its antennas and solar the crew began a journey of more than 48 hours on board of this tiny module of only 2.5 meters long. The mission of the three crew members is placed at the same height as the ISS, which is orbiting at 28,000 km/h to 400 km from the Earth.
The docking of the capsule Soyuz with the orbiting spacecraft was planned for last night around 22 GMT.
Russia provides the main module of the ISS, where its proponents, and Soyuz rockets are the only way to move crew to the orbital outpost since the cessation of operations of the space shuttles the americans in 2011.
In six months, Pesquet take place not less than 62 experiences for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French national Center for Space Studies (CNES). Not counting the 55 experiences that will be made in cooperation with the space agencies of american, canadian and japanese.
The French will study the impact of weightlessness on the muscles and test technologies that could revolutionize water purification.
Testing and gastronomy
His companions won’t be far behind. Whitson will conduct experiments on the impact of light on the sleep cycle, while Novitsky, for the Russian space agency Roskosmos, will perform more than 50 scientific experiences.
The return of the three astronauts to Earth is scheduled to may 15, 2017.
The astronauts of the ISS will be able to celebrate the holidays of end of year feasting. "We will have dishes from chefs with Michelin stars," explained Pesquet in his last press conference before the launch, on Wednesday, in reference to the languages of veal with foie gras, truffled or the magrets of duck confit prepared by the chefs Alain Ducasse and Thierry Marx, a few dishes intended to be eaten in a situation of weightlessness.
aboard this vast ship of 400 tons, the three will be received by the astronaut american Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryjikov and Andrei Borissenko, arrived on the 19th of October.
the commander of The Soyuz, the Russian Oleg Novitsky, has a great experience in the space. At the age of 45, this former pilot of the Russian aircraft remained five months on the ISS in 2012 and 2013.
The american, Peggy Whitson, 56, is one of the astronauts most experienced of the NASA. Is the woman with the greatest amount of time in the space -more than 376 days in total – and six outputs extravehicular for a total of 39 hours. In addition, already have two stays in the ISS.
Alongside his comrades, the French Thomas Pesquet, expiloto of commercial aircraft, is 38 years the youngest of the team.
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