Soyuz Launches to Space Station

A Russian Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Inside the spacecraft for the two-day journey are Expedition 32/33 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the station's next crew. The trio will dock to the station July 17 to start a four month tour, joining station Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, who have been on the outpost since mid-May.

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[beepIL]

Russian tech,

it is often being ridiculed for no reason,

lot of other nations can learn a thing or two from russian engineering,

yes, they dont try to make things as user friendly and pretty all the time,

but their devices are sturdy and reliable, and i wouldn't ask for more,

its a rocket not an apple product,

it its strong and reliable, ill take it.

[Strannik191]

"... to our ISS..."

Just remember WHO started creating the Orbital Space Stations since "Salut-1" in 1971 until "Mir" in 1986... ISS would never exist without this experience.

[pr0t0color]

Sez the guy who thinks nothing of climbing into a gasoline powered pickup truck and navigating the carnage on America's highways.

[pr0t0color]

Soyuz is cheaper and safer.

What's not to like about that?

[paul callaby]

im not against space exploration on the contrary,i think man should endeavour to go as far as he can but not with are so called cutting edge technology.ben rich once said at a university speech he gave that "we now have the technology to take e.t home" what by chance did he mean then? i think they have cracked all there is to know and they can zip about the universe with inpunity!!!!!

[ZzwEistEin]

American engineer:

Spending milions of dollars, so that astronauts could reach the buttons.

Russian engineer:

Buttons, buttons, buttons ... nah we'll just give them sticks!

That is just GENIUS!

[bombarderoazul]

Talk about Russian tech, they always put a toy or figurine in the front panel, it tells them when they have reached orbit.

[Michail Dugov]

I beg to differ with you.

[Michail Dugov]

The ISS began with Russian parts lol and the Soyuz is Russian not to mention the only way to the ISS.

[LSBonnPower]

did anyone else notice the little doll swinging around in the top right corner of the video?

[DreadWizardDM]

Pretty amazing that the Soyuz has been in service since 1966! When they designed this rocket system they sure built them to last and for being reliable. Amazing piece of engineering.

[jafro8]

so you're against space exploration and scientific research?