The rocket carrier Soyuz-FG with the piloted spaceship Soyuz TMA-16 of the International Space Station program were successfully from the cosmodrome Baikonur. Read more
New Space Station Crew Launches; In-Orbit News Conference Set The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte lifted off at 2:14 a.m. CDT.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket and a manned Soyuz TMA-16 capsule was successfully launched at 07:14 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The capsule carrying members of Expedition 21 will dock to the International Space Station at 8:36 GMT, 2nd October, 2009. The capsule will remain docked to the at the station for about six months, and will serve as an emergency escape pod for the crew.
Space tourist and circus entrepreneur Guy Laliberte is all set to begin his journey to orbit. The Canadian billionaire will sit in the right-hand seat of the Soyuz craft which blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS). Mr Laliberte has described his flight as a "poetic social mission".
The Russian Soyuz TMA-16 booster rocket that will carry the three-man crew to the international space station is installed at the launch pad of the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, and Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte are set to blast off for the international space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sept. 30, 2009. Source
The Soyuz rocket will the manned Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 07:14 GMT, 30th September, 2009.
NASA TV Provides Coverage of Next Soyuz Launch and Landing Events NASA Television will air the launch of the next two residents of the International Space Station, a spaceflight participant and the return of two members of the current station crew. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prelaunch activities Sept. 17 and continues through the landing on Oct. 11.