New crew on ISS

In the early morning of May 29, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft took the new three-man crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Among them is the youngest astronaut Luca Parmitano, 36.

From left: Astronaut Karen Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano.(Photo: AFP)

According to CNN, the Soyuz was launched from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 2:31 am local time (3:30 am Vietnamese time). The ship's commander is Russian astronaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, the other two are Karen Nyberg - NASA astronaut, and Luca Parmitano - European Space Agency astronaut.

This is the first trip to ISS by Luca Parmitano. He is also the youngest astronaut ever to go to ISS for 6 months.

The trio will replace the three crew members who returned to Earth two weeks ago, including Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who became a musical phenomenon after the video he sang Space Oddity. on ISS was posted on YouTube and attracted over 5 million hits in just half a day.