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torsdag 17 mars 2016

Expedition 47 Soyuz Rocket Moves to Its Launch Pad.


The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft was mated to its booster rocket in the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Mar. 15, and was moved to the launch pad on a railcar Mar. 16 for final preparations before launch to the International Space Station on Mar. 19, Kazakh time. The Soyuz TMA-20M will carry Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA to the orbital complex for a six-month mission. Also included are interviews at the launch pad with Astronaut Rex Walheim, Assistant Director for ISS Operations; Daniel Hartman, ISS Deputy Program Manager and William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration Operations.

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