The Soyuz spacecraft, which was carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, launched Friday from Baikonur, docked at the International Space Station (ISS), confirmed control centers Russian and NASA.
The launch took place at 10:42 p. m. Moscow time making a flight without incident six hours to reach orbit and attached to the 1: 33 a. m. this Saturday.
This time, over in the Orbital Station is extraordinary, since two of the three crew of the Russian ship will remain in the space platform over a year, twice the time it usually last missions there.
The chamber between the station and the Soyuz will not open until 3:15 a. m, to check for leaks.
The three occupants of the Soyuz, Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko and American astronaut Scott Kelly, flight engineer, NASA will be received by the three current members of the crew of the ISS.
This is the American Terry Virts, current commander, Russian Anton Shkaplerov and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti Agency European Space (ESA). Terry Virts and his Italian colleague will return to earth in May.
Mikhail Kornienko, 54, and Scott Kelly, 51, will remain 342 days on the ISS, the period have remained longer than astronauts on the station since the entry into service of the first habitable module in 2000.
The two men have already made missions six months on the station, the period habitual who often remain crews.
This mission aims to “gather biomedical data to prepare inhabited long-term missions in space” now that the US plans to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030.
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