Manned spacecraft with new ISS crew separated from the rocket – RIA Novosti

BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan), March 19 -. RIA Novosti manned spacecraft “TMA-20M Soyuz”, carrying the new crew of the International Space Station (ISS), separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle “Soyuz-FG”, reports Tuesday’s RIA news from the first launch pad

“There is a separation of the spacecraft”, -. announced commentator launch at Baikonur

on board the “Soyuz. TMA-20M “has a logo – a stylized image of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the headset. On board the “Union” also flaunts his famous phrase: “Let’s go!” and numbers “1961-2016″ in honor of the 55th anniversary of the flight. Joining the “Union” with the ISS is scheduled six hours after the start of the automatic

At the station a new crew -. Alexei Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka (Roskosmos) and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams expect Timothy Kopra (US NASA) Timothy Peak (United Kingdom, ESA), and Yuri Malenchenko (Russia, Roscosmos).

in the course of a new expedition to the ISS will be implemented medical, biological, biotechnological programs, as well as the shooting of the Earth and life on the ISS for educational purposes .