Soyuz TMA-09M was a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 36 crew to the space station. Soyuz TMA-09M was launched from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch took place at 20:31:00 UTC on 28 May 2013 Read more
Space Station Crew Lands, Wrapping Up 166 Days in Space
Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA and Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency have returned to Earth from the International Space Station, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. EDT Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Sept. 11 Kazakh time). Read more
Image above: Pictured on the front row are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov (left) and Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin. Pictured from the left (back row) are Flight Engineers Alexander Misurkin, Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg. Photo credit: NASA
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS after just six hours
A Soyuz space capsule has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a journey of less than six hours. The three-man crew are the first to take the quicker route, involving just four orbits. Read more
New Space Station Residents En Route to Orbiting Laboratory
Three new crew members are on an unprecedented fast track to the International Space Station, going from the launch pad to the orbiting complex in just six hours. Chris Cassidy of NASA and Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:43 a.m. Baikonur time March 29. Read more
A Soyuz-FG is scheduled to launch the crewed Soyuz TMA-08M mission from LC-1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The crew consists of Expedition 35/Expedition 36 crewmembers Pavel Vinogradov, Aleksandr Misurkin and Christopher Cassidy. Launch is scheduled for 28 March 2013 at 20:43 UTC.
Expedition 35/36 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin fielded questions from the news media at their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow on March 7 as part of traditional pre-launch activities prior to their departure March 16 for their launch site in Kazakhstan. After the news conference, the prime and backup crews participated in traditional ceremonies at Red Square in Moscow, laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall and touring the Kremlin as they paid tribute to iconic Russian space heroes. Vinogradov, Cassidy and Misurkin are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 29, Kazakhstan time. Included in the footage are backup crewmembers Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazansky and NASA's Michael Hopkins.