[JAXA:0543] Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (53S/MS-07) with Astronaut Norishige Kanai aboard

December 17, 2017 (JST)

Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (53S/MS-07) with Astronaut Norishige Kanai aboard

The State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (53S/MS-07), which astronaut Norishige Kanai is aboard.

Launch Date/Time:
at 16:21 p.m. on December 17(Sun.), 2017(Japan Standard Time)
at 13:21 p.m. on December 17(Sun.), 2017(Baikonur Time)

Launch Location:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)

Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS):
at 17:43 p.m. on December. 19 (Tue.), 2017 (Japan Standard Time)
at 11:43 p.m. on December. 19 (Tue.), 2017 (Moscow Time)

Crewmembers:
Anton Shkaplerov (ROSCOSMOS)
Scott Tingle (NASA)
Norishige Kanai (JAXA)


URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2017/12/20171217_53s.html


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