At 2:18 hours on April 5, a booster vehicle carrying the Gagarin Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center. The spacecraft got its name... 05.04.2011, Sputnik International
At 2:18 hours on April 5, a booster vehicle carrying the Gagarin Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center. The spacecraft got its name in honor of the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s space flight.
At 2:18 hours on April 5, a booster vehicle carrying the Gagarin Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center. The spacecraft got its name in honor of the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s space flight.
At 2:18 hours on April 5, a booster vehicle carrying the Gagarin Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center. The spacecraft got its name in honor of the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s space flight.
A new expedition comprising Alexander Samokutyaev (foreground), NASA astronaut Ronald Garan (background) and cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko went off on a six-month space mission to the International Space Station.
The lengthy process of donning spacesuits ended at about midnight. Photo: Federal Space Agency personnel helping ship commander Alexander Samokutyaev into a spacesuit.
After a spacesuit check, the cosmonauts spent about half an hour chatting with relatives and then talking with members of the state commission and honorary guests who wished them a good flight, successful completion of their mission and a safe return to the Earth.
“When the earth begins to tremble and you see this man-made sun rising into a night sky, it is a staggering sight,” commented sci-fi writer Sergei Lukyanenko, who was in Baikonur at launch time as part of a delegation of special guests.
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