Soyuz TMA-16M Spacecraft Launch in Kazakhstan
Soyuz TMA-16M Spacecraft Launch in Kazakhstan
The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen as it launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, and Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) onboard Saturday, March 28, 2015, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI
OTR:
WAX20150329306
Date:
March 29, 2015
Object Name:
EXPEDITION 43
Keywords:
Baikonur, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Expedition 43, Expedition 43 Preflight, Gennady Padalka, Kazakhstan, Mark Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko, One-Year Mission, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Russian Sokol Suit, Soyuz Rocket
Category:
International News
Supplemental Codes:
Science




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