Space travel
Two Russians and a US astronaut flew to the ISS
Astronaut Loral O’Hara and her cosmonaut colleagues Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub before the spacecraft launch. photo
© Ivan Timoshenko/Roscosmos space corporation/AP/dpa
The astronaut and the two cosmonauts were able to begin their journey to the ISS on time. They have several tasks to complete on board the space station.
The two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Niolai Chub together with the US astronaut Loral O’Hara launched into space on Friday evening on board a Soyuz launch vehicle.
The space capsule will be at the International Space Station at 9:54 p.m. Moscow time (8:54 p.m. CEST). ISS docked, Russian news agency Interfax reported. The flight from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe to the ISS only took a good three hours.
First flight for the two cosmonauts
According to the plan, O’Hara will remain in space for about six months, Kononenko and Tschub even for about a year. Four exits into the open space and four arrivals of cargo flights are planned during the expedition. The astronauts will also carry out numerous scientific experiments.
This is Kononenko’s fifth flight. O’Hara and Tschub, on the other hand, have their premiere.