Open the hatch separating the International Space Station from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and connected shortly after 20.00. Three astronauts aboard the Soyuz, Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, entered with a smile, greeted by the hugs of seven ISS crew: Russians Anton Kaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of the Roscosmos, and Mourin of the German agency. The spacecraft (ESA) and Americans Raya Chari, Thomas Mashburn, Kayla Barrow and Mark Vande Hei of NASA.
He opened the chicks of the European Maureen Space Station with the Russians Schaplerov and Dubrov. Then all the other members of the ISS team approached to welcome their Russian colleagues and set up cameras, which in these cases could not always be avoided. When the Soyuz hatch opened, the three Russians on board looked out, smiling at the bright yellow overlay.
The first to enter was Madhviv, followed by Korsakov and finally Artemiev, in warm embraces among colleagues. The Russians, Americans and German Maureen, who celebrated his birthday today, all participated together in regular contact with the Russian control center, where newly arrived astronauts also had the opportunity to greet their families. The atmosphere is calm and serene, far removed from the ongoing conflict on Earth.
The Russian spacecraft Soyuz landed with the International Space Station after 20.00. This is Souyz’s first connection with the new Russian bloc Prichalsx after the invasion of Ukraine and strong international tensions that have undermined decades of peaceful cooperation in space.
The spacecraft arrived today with three astronauts celebrating the 52nd anniversary (in the fifth month of its first voyage on the ISS) on the birthday of the German astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), Matthias Maurer. The three astronauts coming to the ISS will be in orbit for six and a half months, during which they will carry out a maximum of seven space missions, which was expected during the pre-missile press conference. By Roscomos.
Their comrades Anton Schaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov will return to Earth on March 30 aboard the Soyuz MS-19 with American Mark Vande Hay. Although a few weeks ago the head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin relaunched a parody video on social media, showing that two Russian astronauts were ready to return to Earth, this return trip did not seem questionable. American in the ISS. Instead, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will orbit in April with three NASA astronauts and the Italian Samantha Cristoforetti from ESA.
