GeauxSioux Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 UND alumna heads for space station today NASA astronaut and UND alumna Karen Nyberg embarks on her second journey into space today to the International Space Station. She will launch this afternoon along with other members of the Expedition 36 team from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the seven-hour trip to the ISS, more than 200 miles over the Earth More info on the Expedition 36 Mission... Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano will dock their Soyuz to the station’s Rassvet module at 10:16 p.m. After the hatches open at 11:55 p.m., the new trio will join Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA and Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos who docked with the orbital complex May 28. All six crew members will then participate in a welcome ceremony with family members and mission officials gathered at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev near Moscow. Congratulations Karen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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