Science and Exploration

Photo: Moving a Soyuz

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft relocates from the Zvezda Service Module’s aft port to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) of the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin; along with NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker, all Expedition 24 flight engineers, undocked their Soyuz spacecraft from Zvezda’s aft end at 3:13 pm. (EDT) on June 28, 2010, and docked it to its new location on the recently installed Rassvet module 25 minutes later. high res (1.1 M) low res (74 K)

The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft relocates from the Zvezda Service Module’s aft port to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) of the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin; along with NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker, all Expedition 24 flight engineers, undocked their Soyuz spacecraft from Zvezda’s aft end at 3:13 pm. (EDT) on June 28, 2010, and docked it to its new location on the recently installed Rassvet module 25 minutes later. high res (1.1 M) low res (74 K)

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