On Tuesday, a rocket "Soyuz" with three crew members on board was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and went to the International Space Station. The crew of the Soyuz will join three other astronauts, who are already in orbit. All six astronauts entered the crew of Expedition 27 "- the 27th long mission, which will last six months, starting from March 16. In anticipation of a 50-year anniversary of the first flight into space, Yuri Gagarin committed on 12 April, and in honor of the completion of the flight the U.S. shuttle program suggest you look at the pictures of the last, the 26th, the mission and the preparation that took place on earth as in the U.S. and Baikonur. During the flight, the crew conducted dozens of experiments, the station was attached to the new module, and the shuttle «Discovery» visited the station last time. Expedition 26 launched in November last year. It was led by Commander Scott Kelly, son kongressmenshi Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded during the assassination attempt in January.

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