Soyuz Successfully Launches and Docks with Space Station

The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft carrying European Space Agency astronaut
Roberto Vittori on the Eneide Mission and the two members of the ISS
Expedition 11 crew docked with the International Space Station (ISS)
today at the Russian docking compartment Pirs at 04:20 Central European
Summer Time (CEST). Following the scheduled post-docking checks, the
hatch between the spacecraft and the ISS was opened at 06:45 CEST.

Soyuz TMA-6 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two
days ago on Flight 10S. During the journey, Vittori, an Italian, was
the Soyuz Flight Engineer, taking an active role alongside the Soyuz
Commander, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, in piloting and docking
the spacecraft. Krikalev was a member of the very first ISS expedition
crew in 2000/2001, and will be the ISS Expedition 11 Commander. The
third crewmember, NASA astronaut John L. Phillips, will be the ISS
Expedition 11 Flight Engineer.

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