Thursday, May 29, 2014

Soyuz docked to the Space Station – Dziennik.pl

commander of the Soyuz is a Russian Maksim Surajew; accompanied by Ried Wiseman of NASA and the European Space Agency representing Alexander Gerst from Germany. Previously, all passed crisp Training . It will be part of the so-called Expedition 40, joining the two Russians and an American.

orbit examine the behavior of the muscles and bones, as well as the human mind in terms of delayed communication. Six astronauts will conduct a total of about 100 experiments. Back astronauts scheduled in November.

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The end of the shuttle See the gallery »

Station, currently consisting of 15 main modules, revolves around the Earth at a speed of almost 8 kilometers per second at an altitude of 370 km. It weighs over 400 tons and with solar panels is the size of a football field.

Every few weeks is clearly visible from the area of ​​Polish as a bright star , quickly moving across the sky.

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