New manned spacecraft docked with the International Space Station successfully – Daily News – Lisbon

Russian Anatoli Ivanishin, Japanese Takutya Onishi and the American Kathleen Rubins reached the destination

Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-01, the first of his generation, today held successfully docking to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the Space Flight Control Center in Russia.

“the coupling was held at 07:06 Moscow (05:06 in Lisbon), “said the speaker’s Space Flight Control Center of Russia quoted by Russian agencies.

the Russian Anatoli Ivanishin, Japanese and Takutya Onishi US Kathleen Rubins reached their destination after three days of flight that tested the new ship’s systems.

the maneuver of docking was performed by a new navigation system “Kurs”, endowed digital television cameras that allowed technicians earth Control Center see fit.

MS has several innovations in relation to the models of communication, propulsion, navigation and television, as stated Ivanishin on the eve take-off, “make the ship smarter and safer”.

newcomers astronauts were welcomed by Russian Alexei Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka, and the north americnao Jeffrey Williams, who encuentram the platform from pasado March.

the mission of Ivanishin and his companions Soyuz MS-01, on board the ISS, will last 115 days, during which they will have to perform a task program which includes works platform maintenance and 39 experiences in various scientific fields.

the ISS, a project of more than 100,000 million dollars involving 16 countries, is currently comprised of 14 permanent modules and orbits more speed 27,000 kilometers per hour at a distance of 400 kilometers from the Earth.