On June 09, 2011 at 21:18 UTC (On June 10 at 01:18 Moscow time) the Russian"Soyuz TMA-02M” spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft docked to the Russian "Rassvet” module in automatic regime. The "Soyuz TMA-02M” crew (Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov; American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) will join the ISS crew members - Aleksandr Samokutyaev, Andrey Borisenko and Ronald Garan.
The ISS crew consists of 6 members now.
Soyuz TMA-02M is a new-series vehicle which undergoes flight testing. The spaceship is equipped with digital control systems. Attachments: |