Saturday, 27 September 2014

Russian-U.S. Crew Reaches ISS Space Station On Time Despite Glitch

Russian-U.S. Crew Reaches ISS Space Station On Time Despite Glitch


A Russian Soyuz rocket safely delivered a U.S.-Russian trio to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, despite a technical glitch which briefly threatened to lengthen their journey to the $100 billion complex. The Soyuz blasted off to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0225 a.m. (2025 GMT on Thursday) to take Russian Alexander Samokutyaev, his compatriot Elena Serova and U.S. astronaut Barry Wilmore into orbit.

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