{"id":55164,"date":"2015-08-26T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-369337"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:16","slug":"nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-international-space-station-crew-2","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-international-space-station-crew-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"ISS Expedition 45 Crew\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/exp-45-crew.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency, Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch to the orbital outpost Wednesday, Sept. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Television launch coverage will begin at 11:45 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday (10:37 a.m. Baikonur time). Mogensen and Aimbetov are short duration crew members while Volkov will spend six months on the orbital complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trio will travel in a Soyuz spacecraft, which will rendezvous with the space station and dock two days later to the Poisk module at 3:42 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 3 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hatches between the Soyuz and station will be opened at about 6:15 a.m. on Sept. 4, at which time the newly arrived crew members will be greeted by Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos, as well as Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StationCDRKelly\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Kelly<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astro_kjell\" rel=\"noopener\">Kjell Lindgren<\/a> of NASA, and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. NASA TV coverage of the hatch opening will begin at 5:45 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the first time nine crew members are aboard the station simultaneously since November 2013. Padalka, Mogensen and Aimbetov will return to Earth on Saturday, Sept. 12, leaving Kelly in command of Expedition 45. The change of command ceremony in which Padalka will hand over command of the space station to Kelly will be broadcast on NASA TV on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 2:40 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly and Kornienko will return in March 2016 after spending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/one-year-crew\" rel=\"noopener\">year on the station<\/a> collecting valuable biomedical data that will improve our understanding of the effects of long duration space travel and aid in NASA\u2019s journey to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the Expedition 45 crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity\u2019s only orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full schedule of prelaunch, launch and docking coverage, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the International Space Station, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the space station crew members on Instagram and Twitter at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/instagram.com\/iss <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Space_Station  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Hambleton<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nkathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<br>\nDan Huot<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ndaniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch to the orbital outpost Wednesday, Sept. 2. NASA Television launch coverage will begin at 11:45 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 1. 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