After a two-day journey, three space travelers will dock with the International Space Station and finally make their way onboard tonight (July 8) with coverage starting at 11:30 p.m. EDT (0330 GMT on July 9). The docking will occur early July 9, at 12:12 a.m. EDT (0412 GMT), and the new crew will open the hatch and board at about 2:50 a.m. EDT (0650 GMT), with coverage beginning at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT). You can watch live in the window below, courtesy of NASA TV.
The trio launched Wednesday night (July 7), and will have flown 34 loops around the Earth before docking as they caught up with the space station’s orbit and tested out upgraded systems on their Soyuz MS spacecraft.
From NASA:
“The arrival of Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi returns the station’s crew complement to six. The three will join Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos. The Expedition 48 crew members will spend four months conducting more than 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences, and technology development.
“Rubins, who holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and a doctorate in cancer biology, Ivanishin and Onishi are scheduled to remain aboard the station until late October. Williams, Skripochka and Ovchinin will return to Earth in September.”
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