The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is due to return to earth at 03:27 UT, 24th May, 2011. Landing is targeted at a site 147 km away from Dzheskazgan, Kazakhstan.
Soyuz TMA-20 is a manned spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme. It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 15, 2010 and docked with the ISS two days later. The three person crew of Soyuz TMA-20, Dmitri Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli represent the partner organizations of Roscosmos, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the ISS program. Read more
NASA TV to Show Russian Space Station Cargo Ship Arrival
The residents of the International Space Station will receive a second shipment of food, fuel and supplies this week. NASA Television will provide a live broadcast of the Russian cargo ship's arrival Saturday, Jan. 29.
Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman, Páolo Néspoli, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev will be standing by as the 41st unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft automatically berths to the Pirs docking compartment at 8:40 p.m. CST. NASA TV coverage of the new Progress' arrival at the station will begin at 8 p.m.
After opening the hatch separating them, the three Expedition 26 crew members already aboard the International Space Station welcomed the complex's newest residents: Flight Engineers Cady Coleman, Paolo Nespoli and Dmitry Kondratyev.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station, delivering three new astronauts for the orbiting laboratory. The Soyuz blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday carrying Catherine Coleman of the US, Russian Dmitry Kondratyev and Italian Paolo Nespoli. The docking took place 220 miles (355km) above West Africa. Read more