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| Image above: The Soyuz spacecraft carrying the Expedition
14 crew approaches the International Space Station Credit: NASA TV |
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Expedition 14 arrives at Space Station
The International Space Station’s next set of residents arrived
at 1:21 a.m. EDT today when the Soyuz TMA 9 spacecraft docked.
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, KE6GTK, and Flight Engineer
Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT, are scheduled to enter the station when the hatches
are opened at around 4:30 a.m., where they will be greeted by the Expedition
13 crew.
Accompanying Expedition 14 is American Anousheh Ansari, who will be the
first female spaceflight participant to visit the station. She is flying
under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin will replace Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov,
RV3BS and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ. European Space
Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter, DF4TR, will remain on the station and
join Expedition 14.
Vinogradov, Williams and Ansari are slated to return to Earth on Sept.
28.
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