(25 May 2012) HEADLINE New Crew Joins International Space Station
CAPTION: Two Russians and an American have boarded the International Space Station. American Joseph Acaba and Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revlin are set to spend four and a half months in space. (May 17)
[Location - Date:INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION/MAY 17]
[Source:NASA TV]
[Notes:CHRYON AT :48: JOSEPH ACABA/NASA ASTRONAUT]
(SPEAKS SPANISH THEN ENGLISH)
STORYLINE:
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to the orbiting lab.
The Soyuz eased into position Thursday morning Moscow time over the Mongolian-Kazakh border after a two-day trip that began with the launch from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan.
NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin are set for a four-and-half-month stay in space.
Their arrival comes just two days ahead of the planned launch of the privately owned SpaceX's Dragon Capsule from Cape Canaveral.
The space station is currently occupied by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Holland's Andre Kuipers.
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