RUSSIA: The next set of astronauts to join the International Space Station leave Moscow for the Baikonur Cosmodrome, ahead of their March 29 launch

Record ID: 862664

  • Title: RUSSIA: The next set of astronauts to join the International Space Station leave Moscow for the Baikonur Cosmodrome, ahead of their March 29 launch
  • Date: 16th March 2013
  • Summary: STAR CITY, RUSSIA (MARCH 16, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STAR CITY WALL ASTRONAUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE FAMILIES TALKING PICTURES, FILMING VIDEOS ASTRONAUTS POSING IN FRONT OF LENIN MONUMENT RUSSIAN COMMANDER PAVEL VINOGRADOV AND RUSSIAN FLIGHT ENGINEER ALEXANDER MISURKIN AND NASA FLIGHT ENGINEER CHRIS CASSIDY POSING LENIN MONUMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 36 COMMANDER PAVEL VINOGRADOV, SAYING: "The mood is good, working. So many people are here to say goodbye to us, of course it (the mood) is good." BABY STARING AT CAMERAS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 36 COMMANDER PAVEL VINOGRADOV, SAYING: "The programme is very dense, and that makes us happy." WOMAN TAKING PHOTOS VARIOUS OF ASTRONAUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES POSING FOR PICTURES CASSIDY GETTING INTO BUS VINOGRADOV KISSING FAMILY GOODBYE, WAVING HAND, GETTING INTO BUS MISURKIN GETTING INTO BUS COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTRE SIGN ON BUS VARIOUS OF BUS LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 31st March 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
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  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: International Relations,Space
  • Reuters ID: LVAALEJ106BBODTOJVQCR8YUUQUP
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  • Story Text: A trio of astronauts said on Saturday (March 16) that they were looking forward to their launch to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for the end of March.
    ISS Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Russian flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin and NASA flight engineer Chris Cassidy answered questions from journalists and posed for photographs at the space training centre Star City outside of Moscow before boarding a bus to head to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan where they will launch.
    Surrounded by families and children, the astronauts looked cheerful and ready to go on their upcoming space trip.
    The crew plans a number of scientific experiments, including research on the effects of zero gravity on human cardiovascular systems as well as on alloys of different metals.
    Vinogradov told journalists the crew was in a good working mood and was looking forward to their very "dense" space expedition ahead.

    "The mood is good, working. So many people are here to say goodbye to us, of course it (the mood) is good," he said, adding, The programme is very dense, and that makes us happy."
    The new crew will join three other astronauts at the ISS, Expedition 35 Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield, NASA flight engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian flight engineer Roman Romanenko.
    Vinogradov, Misurkin, and Cassidy are set to launch on March 28, 2013 aboard the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft.
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