Now we are six

[GordonD]

Old news now (because I forgot to post this yesterday) but the ISS crew is back up to the optimal six. Soyuz MS-06 was launched in the late evening (UK time) on Tuesday 12 September and docked with the space station a few hours later. The new arrivals are Joseph Acaba and Mark Vande Hei from the USA and Aleksandr Misurkin of Russia. Vande Hei is on his first flight, while Misurkin and Acaba have both done one previous stint on the ISS (and Acaba has a Shuttle mission as well).

 

The existing team of Nespoli, Bresnik and Ryazansky are due to return to Earth in mid-December, which will mark the beginning of Expedition 54.

[Mick4350]

Wonder if they have sent up a DVD copy of the movie called Life for them to watch.