ISS - Expedition 52 Mission patch / ROSCOSMOS - Soyuz MS-05 Mission patch.
July 26, 2017
International Space Station (ISS). Animation Credits: NASA
The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft that will launch three new crew members to the International Space Station has rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan. The rocket was carted slowly by train from its processing facility to the pad and vertically raised to its launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Image above: The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is vertically raised into launch position two days before its scheduled launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Image Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky.
Cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy will command the Soyuz when it launches Friday at 11:41 a.m. EDT. He will be flanked by flight engineers Randy Bresnik from NASA and Paolo Nespoli from the European Space Agency. The trio will take a six-hour, 19-minute ride from Earth to the station’s Rassvet module. NASA TV will broadcast the launch and docking activities live beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Image above: The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as it is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, July 28, at 11:41 a.m. EDT (9:41 p.m. Baikonur time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky.
The three Expedition 52 crew members living on the space station now are moving right along with ongoing human research. Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson continued exploring therapies that target only cancer cells. Flight Engineer Jack Fischer swabbed his mouth and body for a study tracking microbes in space. Station Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin worked life support maintenance and sampled the station’s air for a quality check.
Expedition 52 Soyuz Rollout (Soyuz MS-05). Video Credit: Roscosmos
Related links:
Cancer cells: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2347.html
Microbes in space: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1920.html
NASA TV coverage: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-coverage-set-for-next-international-space-station-crew-launch-0
Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/albums/72157685840653276
Expedition 52: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition52/index.html
Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Animation (mentioned), Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia.
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