ROSCOSMOS: Interagency Commission approved the crew the next mission to the ISS
07/08/2015 14:37
July 8 at the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Gagarin Interdepartmental Commission approved the crew of the next mission to the International Space Station, which will go into orbit on July 23 transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M."
In the main crew includes: commander - ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer-1, JAXA astronaut Kimia Law Institute and flight engineer-2, NASA astronaut Chell LINDGREN.
Their stand-ins have become a Russian Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy piling Briton Timothy PIC representing the European Space Agency.
On Friday, July 10, the astronauts fly to Baikonur, where they will spend the final preflight training. There will be held the final approval of the state commission crews.
Start carrier rocket "Soyuz-FG" with the manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" is scheduled for 00:03 MSK July 23.
For Oleg Kononenko, this will be the third spaceflight. The total duration of his space flight is 391 per day. Astronauts K.YUI JAXA and NASA CH.LINDGREN commit first spaceflight.
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