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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