NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin arrived safely on the Worldwide House Station (ISS) on Wednesday, following a journey from Earth that took simply over three hours.
The trio blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and the place of the ISS on the time of launch gave the station’s crew a transparent view because the Soyuz rocket made its method to house.
ISS crew members Bob Hines and Samantha Cristoforetti even managed to seize some pictures of the rocket because it blasted skyward.
“Ever marvel what a launch appears to be like like from house? It’s wonderful!!” American astronaut Hines tweeted alongside quite a lot of photographs exhibiting the astronauts on their method to the orbiting laboratory. Hines added: “Frank Rubio launched on a Soyuz just some hours in the past … now he’s on the entrance door of [the] house station awaiting hatch opening! Welcome aboard, Frank!”
Ever marvel what a 🚀 launch appears to be like like from house? It’s wonderful!! @NASA_Astronauts and fellow 🐢, Frank Rubio launched on a Soyuz just some hours in the past…now he’s on the entrance door of @Space_Station awaiting hatch opening! Welcome aboard, Frank! pic.twitter.com/YcPpXsWsnk
— Bob “Farmer” Hines (@Astro_FarmerBob) September 21, 2022
Cristoforetti additionally shared some photographs exhibiting the early phases of the mission. “We had a spectacular view of the Soyuz launch!” the Italian astronaut tweeted. “Sergey, Dmitry and Frank will come knocking on our door in simply a few hours … trying ahead to welcoming them to their new residence!”
We had a spectacular view of the #Soyuz launch!
Sergey, Dmitry and Frank will come knocking on our door in simply a few hours… trying ahead to welcoming them to their new residence! #MissionMinerva pic.twitter.com/b6PP8L6AEl— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) September 21, 2022
The photographs present the Soyuz engines’ exhaust path because the rocket roared towards house with a fantastic orbital dawn because the backdrop. Different photos present the spacecraft within the blackness of house and because it reaches the ISS.
Right here’s the identical launch as seen from the bottom:
Rubio is on his very first journey to house and, along with Prokopyev and Petelin, joins seven others on the orbital outpost. For the subsequent six months, the trio will work on a slew of science experiments and maybe participate in a number of spacewalks.
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