NASA Television Covers the Launch of the Next ISS Crew
Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on May 29, Kazakh time (May 28, U.S. time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin an accelerated six-hour journey to the International Space Station. Once aboard, the trio will start a five and a half month mission, joining station Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, who have been on the station since late March. The footage includes the crew’s pre-launch ceremonial activities at their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters, their departure from the Cosmonaut Hotel to their suit up facility in the Cosmodrome, the
Indeed.
Actually they still send astronauts. However, at the moment they don't have their own launch program, since the shuttle program was completely shut. Now, NASA's partners cover all the manned missions as for spacecraft. The astronauts however come from various space agencies, NASA, ESA, Roskosmos, JAXA or CSA.
I never knew about these, neato. It's also a neat visual cue to the acceleration increasing as fuel is consumed, since a pendulum's swing quickens with higher gravity.
Good luck
Cool
Jeez I really wouldn't want to be in there I mean look at those poor stuffed animals…. They went smashing into the control panel or something
I would love to be them
Unbelievable!!! You are some brave people! I do not know how you do it!
Look at their faces….. So calm. If i were in there ill freak out
they do listen to music, incl. jazz or whatever astronauts prefer, right before the launch when the system final check is going on, according to the tradition
Brave people – god speed, keep exploring!
I was waiting for the stuffed animals to start floating
wow that looks so narrow compared to the shuttle
Why the animals aren't floating?
So fake.