The Soyuz MS-18 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bring three Expedition 65 crew members to the space station in 2015. Credit: NASA
NASA will provide live protection of essential occasions today, September 21 as a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts launch and dock to the International Space Station (ISS). They will spend 6 months aboard the orbital laboratory.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 a.m. PDT) Wednesday, September 21 (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Protection will begin at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT) on NASA Televisions Public Channel, the NASA app, and on the agencys website.
In addition, NASA will air continuous coverage of an Artemis I tanking test on NASA TVs Media Channel start at 7 a.m
. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio performs preflight checkouts in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Rubio is arranged to introduce with crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin on September 21 for a six-month objective on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Soyuz MS-22 launch and crucial occasions in addition to protection of the Artemis I tanking test will be offered to watch complimentary online at:
https://www.nasa.gov/live
After a two-orbit, three-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the area stations Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches in between the Soyuz and the station will open and the team members will greet each other.
Once aboard the ISS, the trio will sign up with Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, along with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will invest 6 months aboard the orbital laboratory.
This will be Prokopyevs second flight into space and the very first for Rubio and Petelin.
Objective coverage is as follows (perpetuity Eastern Time Zone):.
Wednesday, September 21.
9 a.m.– Coverage begins on NASA televisions Public Channel for 9:54 a.m. launch.
12:15 p.m.– Coverage starts on NASA televisions Public Channel for 1:11 p.m. docking.
3:30 p.m.– Coverage begins on NASA TV for hatch opening and welcome remarks.
In addition, NASA will air continuous protection of an Artemis I tanking test on NASA TVs Media Channel beginning at 7 a.m
. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio performs preflight checkouts in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Rubio is scheduled to introduce with crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin on September 21 for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov