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Russia Corrects ISS Orbit To Host Spacecraft
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 24, 2006 Russia has corrected orbit of the International Space Station by about 4 kilometers (5.6 miles) to prepare for the docking of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft, a Mission Control spokesman said Wednesday. The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket is scheduled to lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on September 14 to put the Soyuz TMA-9 in orbit. The spacecraft will carry the 14th ISS crew, consisting of Russia's Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. Michael Lopez-Alegria. Japanese space tourist Daisuke Enomoto failed a medical test, and the Russian Federal Space Agency decided on August 22 to send a U.S. woman of Iranian descent into space. Tehran-born Anousheh Ansari, who turns 40 next year, will become the first female space tourist.
Source: RIA Novosti Related Links Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
ISS Crew Prepare For Construction Work
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 23, 2006The astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent much of their week preparing for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for launch Aug. 27 on the STS-115 mission. |
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