Spacecraft with Russian and American crew members successfully docks with the ISS<br /><br />A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday, September 11, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS).<br /><br />The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft was carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.<br /><br />It is planned that the crew will spend 202 days on board International Space Station (ISS) and return on April 1, 2025.<br /><br />For the six-month mission, 42 scientific experiments are planned, three of them will be conducted for the first time, Roscomos Russian Space agency said in a statement.<br /><br />This is the third space mission for Ovchinin, second for Vagner and fourth for Pettit.<br /><br />REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /> <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews<br />#internationalspacestation<br />#soyuzms26
