ISS 36 mission
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NewsDesigners inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-09M and payload shroud roll were performed
May 20, 2013.A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-09M
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-09M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
May 19, 2013.Fuelled SC Soyuz TMA-09M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-09M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
May 17, 2013.Soyuz TMA-09M crews initiated a final training phase
The prime and backup crews for the ISS-36/37 initiated a final training phase in the processing facility.
May 16, 2013.Soyuz TMA-09M primary and backup crews arrived to the Baikonur launch site
Primary (Fyodor Yurchikhin (Roscosmos, Russia),
Luca Parmitano (ESA, Italy) and
Karen Nyberg (NASA, USA))
and backup ( Mikhail Tyurin (Roscosmos, Russia),
Rick Mastraccio (NASA, USA) and
Koichi Wakata (JAXA, Japan))
crews of the Soyuz TMA-09M transportation spacecraft arrived to the Baikonur launch site.
May 14, 2013.The mission of Soyuz TMA-07M is accomplished. The crew of R. Romanenko, T. Marshburn and C. Hadfield are back on Earth!
At 06:31, Moscow Time, the descent vehicle of Soyuz TMA-07M manned transportation spacecraft landed in its designated landing area to the South-East of Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan. All the operations associated with the descent, search and landing of the descent vehicle went normally.
May 14, 2013.Boris Alexandrovich Sokolov is 90
On May 14, 2013, an advisor to the President of S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, scientific advisor to scientific and technical center of the Corporation on engines, propulsion and power units, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, winner of Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR, prizes from the Government of the Russian Federation for science and technology, doctor of engineering science, professor Boris Alexandrovich Sokolov turned 90.
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