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NASA Astronaut and Two Cosmonauts Launch on Soyuz Rocket in Kazakhstan

By NASA
September 21, 2022

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft after launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Credit: NASA TV
After going for 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 a.m. PDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time), NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are securely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft.
At 1:11 p.m, the Soyuz is set up to dock to the space stations Rassvet module. Around 2 hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open.
NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 12:15 p.m. EDT (9:15 a.m. PDT) on NASA Televisions Public Channel, the NASA app, and the NASAs site.