Spacecraft with Russian and American crew members successfully docks with the ISS

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Spacecraft with Russian and American crew members successfully docks with the ISS  A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday, September 11, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS).  The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft was carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.  It is planned that the crew will spend 202 days on board International Space Station (ISS) and return on April 1, 2025.  For the six-month mission, 42 scientific experiments are planned, three of them will be conducted for the first time, Roscomos Russian Space agency said in a statement.  This is the third space mission for Ovchinin, second for Vagner and fourth for Pettit.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #internationalspacestation #soyuzms26

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00:00than 90 meters, range rate 2.4 meters per second, and closing.

00:06And the Soyuz spacecraft that you're currently seeing

00:14on your screen is about 250 meters away

00:17from the International Space Station and closing in at a rate

00:20of about 2.4 meters per second.

00:23Range 402 meters, range rate 1.33, and closing.

00:35And following the fly around, the spacecraft will align

00:49with the docking port on the Rassvet module,

00:52which will be the Soyuz MS-26's destination for today.

00:57The vehicle is currently about 200 meters away

00:59from the International Space Station.

01:0121, 26 is the time when I activated the headlight.

01:10Range 200 meters, range rate is 0.1, approaching.

01:17We are just moments away from that docking

01:28of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, and just three hours ago

01:31at 11.23 a.m. Central, 12.23 p.m. Eastern,

01:36the Soyuz lifted off atop its Soyuz 2.1a booster,

01:40propelling it into orbit.

01:42The forward docking probe on the Soyuz

01:44that you see will begin to retract,

01:46and then hooks will close, and we will have what is known

01:48as a hard mate between Soyuz and station.

01:51Visually, we see three meters.

01:56We're expecting contact.

02:15We confirm contact.

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