Thursday, September 22, 2022

ISS Update: Russia Launches a NASA Crew Member to the Orbital Outpost Despite Continuing Tensions with the U.S. Over Ukraine...

The Soyuz MS-22 rocket carrying three Expedition 67/68 space station crew members launches from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 21, 2022.
NASA / Bill Ingalls

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station (Press Release - September 21)

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.

The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying Rubio, as well as Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, docked to the station’s Rassvet module at 1:06 p.m. EDT. Following two orbits, docking occurred about three hours after a 9:54 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin will join the Expedition 67 crew when hatches open about 3:45 p.m. Expedition 68 will begin Thursday, September 29, on the departure of Roscosmos cosmonauts Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov and outgoing station commander Oleg Artemyev. The trio will land in Kazakhstan following a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.

This marks the first spaceflight for Rubio, the second for Prokopyev and the first for Petelin. Throughout their six-month stay aboard the orbital outpost, the trio will work on science and research in technology development, Earth science, biology, human research and more.

During Expedition 68, the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 aboard Dragon Endurance will bring four more crew members to the space station. That crew currently is scheduled for launch Monday, October 3, for a short handover period with Crew-4 astronauts prior to their return to Earth shortly after.

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