Thursday, September 26, 2013

A Perfect Night Launch Up to the International Space Station!

Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz TMA-10M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday, September 25th at 4:58 pm EDT.  On board were Commander Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy.  

The photo below shows the Soyuz Spacecraft approaching the ISS for its docking which occurred at 10:45 EDT on September 25, 2013.  The video immediately below the photo shows the docking.

Image Credit: NASA