New Expedition Departs for ISS

clipped from www.russianspaceweb.com NASA TV New expedition departs for ISS Published: 2007 Oct. 9; updated Oct. 10 Russia sent the 16th long-duration crew for a half-a-year shift onboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz FG rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft, lifted off from the launch pad at Site 1 in Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 10, 2007, at 17:22:14 Moscow Summer Time. Onboard is a crew of three, including Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, and a citizen of Malaysia Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, flying under an agreement with the Russian space agency, Roskosmos. After a two-day autonomous flight, Soyuz TMA-11 is scheduled to dock to the station.