Video: Astronaut scene on the space station

The Russian Soyuz flew into orbit on May 29 to take the three astronauts to the International Space Station.

>>>New crew to ISS

Russia's Soyuz TMA-09M leaves the Baikonur space airport at 2:31 am on May 29, Kazakhstan, carrying three astronauts Karen Nyberg (USA), Fyodor Yurchikhin (Russia) and Luca Parmitano (Italy) to the International Space Station (ISS).

Three new astronauts joined crew number 36 after Soyuz TMA-09M ship successfully connected with ISS today.

Over the next 5 and a half months, the astronauts will perform five space walks to prepare for the installation of the Russian Universal Laboratory module in December. In addition, they will also receive three trains. transportation of the European Space Agency (June), Russia (July) and Japan (August).