The two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, together with American astronaut Loral O’Hara, were launched into space in the evening aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle. The flight to the ISS is expected to take just over three hours.
The space capsule separated from the final stage of the launch vehicle as planned at 6:53 PM Moscow time (5:53 PM CEST) and headed for the International Space Station (ISS), Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
According to the plan, O’Hara will stay in space for about six months, Kononenko and Tschub for about a year. Four exits to open space and four arrivals of cargo flights are planned during the expedition. The astronauts will also conduct numerous scientific experiments. This is Kononenko’s fifth flight. O’Hara and Tschub, on the other hand, are having their premiere.
Source: Krone
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