ALMATY: Russian Soyuz spaceship safely delivered a three-member international crew, including Denmark’s first astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz TMA-18M blasted off to the $100 billion space laboratory from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday to take Russian Commander Sergei Volkov, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov and Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen into orbit.
NASA said ,“The Soyuz has now successfully docked at the ISS.” In less than two hours, hatches are to open, and the trio will float in weightlessness into the station which is currently manned by a six-member crew.
