Fri, Oct 08, 2010
Arrival At ISS Expected Saturday Evening
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander
Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka launched to the International Space
Station aboard their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at 0510 local time
Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
TMA-01M Launch NASA Image
Kelly, Soyuz commander Kaleri and Skripochka are scheduled to
dock with their new home at 1902 on Saturday. They will join
Expedition 25 crewmates Doug Wheelock, a NASA astronaut and the
station's commander, NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and Russian
cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who have been aboard the station since
June 17.
The six-person crew will usher in the next decade of continuous
human presence on the station, continuing scientific research and
station maintenance activities. The station residents will welcome
the crew of the last flight of space shuttle Discovery on the
STS-133 mission, targeted to launch Nov. 1. The shuttle will
deliver critical supplies and the Permanent Multipurpose Module
that will provide additional storage for the station crew, and
experiments may be conducted inside it.
Yurchikhin and Skripochka are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk
in Russian Orlan suits in mid-November to work on science
experiments and hardware on the station's Russian segment.
TMA-01M Lifted Into Launch Position
Wheelock, Walker and Yurchikhin, who launched to the station on
June 15, are scheduled to return to Earth on November 29. Before
departing, Wheelock will hand over command of the station to Kelly
for Expedition 26, which begins when the Soyuz TMA-19 undocks
November 29.
NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dimitry
Kondratyev and European Space Agency astronaut Páolo
Néspoli will join Kelly, Kaleri and Skripochka in orbit to
complete the Expedition 26 crew. Their Soyuz currently is scheduled
to launch December 13 and will dock to the station on December
15.
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