Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-MS 09 spacecraft on the ISS station

On June 6, Russia successfully launched the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said the Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft was launched at 11:12 GMT (18h12 'Vietnam time) from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan.

Russia successfully launched Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft.(Source: nasaspaceflight.com).

The crew consisted of Sergei Prokopyev Russians, American Serena Aunon and German Alexander Gerst .

According to the announcement of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, the crew has a mission to go out into space to carry out maintenance and photography, filming, and 55 experiments on ISS.

It is expected that the spacecraft will connect to the ISS at 13:07 on 7/6 GMT (20:07 am on the same day as Vietnam time).

ISS has a maximum living space of 6 people. Moving according to Earth's orbit 400km at a speed of about 28,000 km / h, ISS takes 90 minutes to complete a cycle around the Earth.

Although it was launched into orbit in 1998, it was not until November 2, 2000 that ISS welcomed the first three astronauts, including Bill Shepard of NASA, Russian astronaut Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev on their trip the extension of 136 days.