NASA Video | SOYUZ MS-26 DOCKS TO SPACE STATION - Sept. 11, 2024 @NASAgovVideo | Uploaded 2 weeks ago | Updated 6 hours ago
Aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station at 3:32 p.m. EDT Sept. 11. The crew launched at 12:23 a.m. EDT Sept. 11 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The three crew members will conduct a long-duration science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.
Aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station at 3:32 p.m. EDT Sept. 11. The crew launched at 12:23 a.m. EDT Sept. 11 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The three crew members will conduct a long-duration science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.
