Soyuz Drops Astronauts Off At Space Station

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russia's Fyodor Yurchikhin and Italy's Luca Parmitano travelled six hours in the capsule before linking up with the ISS's Russian Rassvet research module.

三名宇航員搭乘俄羅斯“聯(lián)盟TMA-09M”號宇宙飛船前往國際空間站，他們將在國際空間站逗留172天，完成34項實驗。

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俄羅斯航天局表示，載有3名宇航員的俄“聯(lián)盟TMA－09M”飛船已經成功和國際空間站對接。俄羅斯航天局發(fā)言人說：“起飛6個小時以后，飛船按照計劃和國際空間站自動對接。幸運的是，宇航員不需要切換到手動模式完成對接。”

俄聯(lián)邦航天署稱，“聯(lián)盟TMA－09M”飛船于莫斯科時間5月29日0點31分起飛，飛船由“質子”運載火箭搭載，由拜科努爾發(fā)射場升空，搭載的3名宇航員分別是俄羅斯的費奧多爾·尤爾奇金、美國的凱倫·耐伯格、以及來自歐洲航天局的盧卡·帕爾米塔諾。在空間站迎接他們的是俄羅斯航天署宇航員帕維爾?維納格拉多夫、亞歷山大?米蘇爾金和美國航空航天局宇航員克里斯托弗?卡西迪，他們從2013年3月以來在太空執(zhí)勤。

Five, four, three, two, one, zero, and lift off, lift off of Karen Nyberg,Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano on a 6-hour ride to the internationalspace station. You might have seen launches like this before, but theseastronauts took a shortcut to the international space station. The spacecraft'sspeed is almost 13,500 miles an hour. It's a journey that normally takes twodays in these exhilarating but cramped conditions. This mission used a neworbit around the earth. Our system is normal. It puts more pressure on theastronaut's bodies, but after just 6 hours the crew of the Soyuz arrived at thedestination and the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the internationalspace station opening. These were the first moments of their stay in space.That was a quite bright station. That was pretty fantastic. They've got a toughact to follow. Commander Chris Hadfield recently brought the wonders of spaceto a new generation using songs and social media. He used twitter to wish theseastronauts good luck. Before she left, the flight engineer said she was hopingto inspire others. "I hope they see from, you know looking at my situationthat their possibilities are out there, I think some children don't know the possibilitiesand I think some children may not know what they are capable of. The crew willnow spend 6 months on the space station. They also have twitter accounts withthousands of followers waiting on the world below.

Steven Douglas, SKY News.