New Crew Blasts Off to Space Station

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International Space Station Expedition 34 blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

BAIKONUR SPACE CENTER (Kazakhstan), December 19 (RIA Novosti) - International Space Station Expedition 34 blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, and US astronaut Thomas Marshburn are being flown into space onboard Russia’s Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft. They will join Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin, as well as NASA astronaut Kevin Ford.

The Soyuz has separated from the carrier rocket, reached designated orbit, and is set to dock with the ISS on Friday.

The new crew will perform two spacewalks under the Russian and US space programs.

During their 147-day mission, the new ISS crew members will also take part in docking and unloading six spacecraft: four Russian Progress cargo spacecraft, Europe’s ATV-4 space freighter and US SpX-2 spacecraft.

 

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