A Russian space taxi arrives at the ISS with three astronauts

A Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15 has arrived Monday at the International Space Station with three astronauts to join his crew. The flight lasted just eight hours after launch from Baykonur.

This is Terry Virts astronauts, NASA; Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency.

    The trio his fellow Expedition 42 crew joined when the hatches between the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15M and the International Space Station opened at 6 am Central European Time. The commander of the expedition 42 Barry "Butch" Wilmore NASA and Alexander Samoukutyaev and Elena Serova Roscosmos welcomed the new members of the crew aboard their orbital home. Therefore, two women agree the current station crew.

    Cojn its new members, the Expedition 42 will conduct experiments covering human research, biological and physical sciences, technology development and Earth observations, and also participate in educational activities.

    They expect to receive lots of trucks during the mission, including several US commercial flight refueling, two missions Russian Progress supply and the departure of the last European cargo spacecraft. The crew conducted three spacewalks.

    Wilmore, Serova Samoukutyaev and return home in March 2015. At that time Virts will become the commander of Expedition 43. Virts, Shkaplerov and Cristoforetti will return to Earth in May 2015.

    In the image shown, front row, from left to new members of the Expedition 42 crew Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti and Terry Virts. On the back are Elena Serova, Major Barry Wilmore and Alexander Samokutyaev. They are in the Zvezda service module for the crew traditional greeting ceremony with family and mission officials on the ground.

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