ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station

29-05-2013 04:53 AM CEST

A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan last night safely docked with the International Space Station this morning, delivering ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates to the orbital outpost where they will live and work for five months.

New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Three new Expedition 36 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 28, (2:31 a.m.
 Kazakh time, Wednesday, May 29) on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station.

Soyuz docking

Soyuz docking

29-05-2013 04:31 AM CEST

Soyuz has docked with the International Space Station at 02:10 GMT

Expedition 36 Soyuz Launch

Expedition 36 Soyuz Launch

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

A Soyuz rocket with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Karen Nyberg of NASA, onboard, launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano will remain aboard the station until mid-November, 2013. 

Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Soyuz to the Launch Pad

Soyuz to the Launch Pad

05/26/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, are set to launch to the International Space Station Tuesday night Eastern U.S. time, Wednesday in Kazakh time.

Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.  

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls