Soyuz TMA-8 update, 30-03-2006

Baikonur Cosmodrome.

At 06:30 a.m. of Moscow summer time integrated launch vehicle Soyuz-FG with
spacecraft Soyuz TMA-8 was launched to International Space Station from
cosmodrome Baikonur.

The Increment 13 (ISS-13) crew and visiting crew 10 (VC-10) are on board the
Russian transport manned vehicle.
The Soyuz TMA-8 crew consists of: Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov, Russian
test cosmonaut (ISS-13 commander and Soyuz-TMA commander, S.P. Korolev RSC
Energia, Hero of the Russian Federation); Jeffry Nels Williams, American
astronaut (spacecraft flight engineer-1, ISS-13 flight engineer, U.S. AF
Colonel); and Marcos Cezar Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut (spacecraft
flight engineer-2 spaceflight participant, BSA astronaut, Brazil AF
Lieutenant Colonel).
The launch task is planned change of Increment 12 (ISS-12) crew and
spacecraft Soyuz TMA-7, operating within the orbital complex as a rescue
vehicle from October 3, 2005.

Photo-report
http://www.energia.ru/english/energi...oto_03-30.html

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Jacques :-)

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