Following a marathon day that saw the launch and docking of three new crewmates, the fully staffed Expedition 40 crew of the International Space Station is enjoying a day off to rest and recharge for the mission ahead. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Soyuz Commander and cosmonaut Max Suraev of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst were welcomed aboard the station when the hatches between their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft and the station were opened at 11:52 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, who have been aboard the orbiting complex since March 27, greeted the newly arrived flight engineers. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst launched from Baikonur at 3:57 p.m. (1:57 a.m. Thursday, Kazakh time) and docked to the station’s Rassvet module at 9:44 p.m. During the next two weeks they will have time set aside to become accustomed to living and working aboard the station, which is larger than a six-bedroom house. The Expedition 40 crew will kick off its first full workday as a six-person crew Friday at 2 a.m., the standard wakeup time aboard the international outpost. Read more: go.nasa.gov/1mLccQm
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 17:18:01 +0000
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