Status Report

International Space Station Station Crew Moves Soyuz Spacecraft

By SpaceRef Editor
September 27, 2007
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International Space Station Station Crew Moves Soyuz Spacecraft
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International Space Station crew members docked their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 3:47 p.m. EDT Thursday, completing a move of 80 feet.

After the Soyuz undocked at 3:20 p.m. EDT, Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov piloted the spacecraft to the aft port of the Zvezda service module, freeing up the Zarya nadir, or Earth-facing, port for the arrival of Expedition 16 on Oct. 12.

The Soyuz wound up about 80 feet from where it started, despite having traveled about a third of the way around the world.

SpaceRef staff editor.