NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.
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The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying Rubio, as well as Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, docked to the station’s Rassvet module at 1:06 p.m. EDT. Following two orbits, docking occurred about three hours after a 9:54 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will join the Expedition 67 crew when hatches open about 3:45 p.m. Expedition 68 will begin Thursday, Sept. 29, on the departure of Roscosmos cosmonauts Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov, and outgoing station commander Oleg Artemyev. The trio will land in Kazakhstan following a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.
LIVE: A new crew is welcomed aboard the @Space_Station. Watch as the hatch is opened and three space travelers including Frank Rubio of @NASA_Astronauts begin their six-month mission: https://t.co/5vYpzBoJd5
— NASA (@NASA) September 21, 2022
Astronaut Dr. Frank Rubio will become the nation's first Salvadoran-American to go to space! Rubio, who was born in Los Angeles, will be on a six-month mission orbiting Earth. His historic launch comes as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. 🇸🇻🇺🇸👨🏻🚀🌎🚀 https://t.co/CfW041XAsb pic.twitter.com/184tbm6g5x
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) September 21, 2022
Frank Rubio's Soyuz launch is NASA's first under an agreement that also calls for cosmonaut launches on SpaceX ferry ships. https://t.co/LOesaH9XR3
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 21, 2022
This marks the first spaceflight for Rubio, the second for Prokopyev, and the first for Petelin. Throughout their six-month stay aboard the orbital outpost, the trio will work on science and research in technology development, Earth science, biology, human research, and more.
During Expedition 68, the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 aboard Dragon Endurance will bring four more crew members to the space station. That crew currently is scheduled for launch Monday, Oct. 3, for a short handover period with Crew-4 astronauts prior to their return to Earth shortly after.
Learn more about space station activities at: https://www.nasa.gov/station
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