Soyuz sends astronauts to International Space Station
Two Russians and an American have blasted off in a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station. Michael Hopkins, Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky took off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Read more
Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and their backups, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Steve Swanson of NASA, conducted final Soyuz spacecraft and ISS Russian Segment qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia, on Sept. 3 and 4. The crew members are scheduled to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 13 to prepare for a Sept. 26 liftoff, Kazakh time, of Kotov, Ryazanskiy and Hopkins.