mercredi 13 août 2014

ISS reboost












ISS - International Space Station patch.

13.08.2014

August 14, 2014 at 20:58 Moscow time planned for orbit correction of the International Space Station.

Correction is carried out to create the conditions for landing in a predetermined area of the vehicle crew manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-12M" as part of the Russian Space Agency cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronaut Steven Swanson. The crew will return to Earth September 11, 2014.

ISS reboost by ATV

Correction will carry cargo vehicle engines of the European Space Agency's ATV-5 "Georges Lemaitre."

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/20836/

Image, Text, Credits: Roscosmos press service / ESA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.

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