The Soyuz successfully brought the astronauts to orbit

The carrier rocket "Soyuz-FG", launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, launched manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-18M" with the international crew into orbit. The flight is to the ISS passes in a regular mode.

Department of public relations of the Russian space Agency told about staffing the office of manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-18M" from the third stage of the carrier rocket to orbit "Soyuz-FG". "The spacecraft separated from the third stage of the carrier rocket, launched Autonomous flight and headed to the ISS," said space Agency.

"Manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-18M" will converge with the International space station (ISS) on 2 daily scheme. Docking TPK "Soyuz TMA-18M" with ISS is scheduled for September 4 at 10:42 Moscow time", - is told in the news of Roscosmos.

The carrier rocket "Soyuz-FG" with manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-18M", on Board of which is the international crew consisting of Russian citizen Sergei Volkov, the European astronaut Andreas Mogensen and astronaut Aydin Aimbetova, was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. For this flight Volkova already 3rd in career. Mogensen and Aimbetov first went into orbit. They also will be the first students in Denmark and Kazakhstan to the ISS.

At the station awaiting a new crew domestic astronauts Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Oleg Kononenko, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, and Japanese Kimiya Yui, informs TASS.

Flying manned "Soyuz TMA-18M" to the ISS after the start from Baikonur will last for two days, September 4, at 10:42 Moscow time the ship needs to dock to the station. It was originally planned that the ship will be docked to the station 6 hours after the start, but for security reasons it was decided to go on a two-day scheme of manned Soyuz.

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