[JAXA:0482] Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (47S/MS-01) with Astronaut Takuya Onishi aboard

July 7, 2016 (JST)

Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (47S/MS-01) with Astronaut Takuya Onishi aboard

The State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (47S/MS-01), which astronaut Takuya Onishi is aboard.

Launch Date/Time:
at 10:36 a.m. on July 7 (Thu.), 2016 (Japan Standard Time)
at 07:36 a.m. on July 7 (Thu.), 2016 (Baikonur Time)

Launch Location:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)

Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS):
at 01:12 p.m. on July 9 (Sat.), 2016 (Japan Standard Time)
at 07:12 a.m. on July 9 (Sat.), 2016 (Moscow Time)

Crewmembers:
Anatoly Ivanishin (ROSCOSMOS)
Takuya Onishi (JAXA)
Kathleen Rubins (NASA)

Reference link for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/onishi/


URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2016/07/20160707_47s.html


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