Russia launched a joint ship to bring 3 astronauts to ISS

This morning, December 16, Russia successfully launched the TMA-20 Combined Ship, bringing three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

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TMA-20 Combined Ship leaves the launch pad. (Photo: NASA)

Russian broadcasters said the TMA-20 Combine ship was launched by a combined rocket - FG, orbiting from Kyrgyzstan's Baikonur space airport, bringing its crew, including Russian astronaut Dmitry Kondratyev, American female traveler Catherine Coleman and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli went to ISS, starting their six-month extraterrestrial mission.

Currently the crew is in good health. It is expected that the TMA-20 Combined Ship will be assembled with ISS on the morning of December 18 (Vietnam time).

The astronauts will replace and continue the work of two Russian astronauts Alexander Kalery and Olek Skripochka and American astronaut Scott Kelly, who have been working on ISS since October 2009.

While working on ISS, especially on April 12, 2011, this new crew will have the opportunity to welcome a special spacecraft to celebrate the astronaut's 50-year flight event. Russian Yuri Gagarin, the first person to make a flight into space in 1961.

In addition, this new international travel team also plans to go out into space three times.