Sojoez komt aan bij ISS !!!

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Saturday, April 01, 2006 BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz capsule docked with the international space station on Friday, bringing Brazil's first astronaut, a new Russian-American crew and a fresh load of supplies, equipment and experiments. Two days after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the TMA-8 capsule arrived at the orbiting station and latched on shortly after 11 p.m. EST, guided into place by remote computers. Applause broke out at Russia's Mission Control Center in Korolyov, outside Moscow, as the capsule made contact. Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and astronaut Jeffrey Williams, who will replace the current crew for six months on the orbiting station, were joined on the trip by Brazil's first man in space, Marcos C. Pontes, who will return to Earth on April 9. The crew was to spend about 1 1/2 hours checking systems before opening the air locks and seeing the station's current crew, Russian http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190160,00.html Ha ha, de Amerikanen zijn volledig afhankelijk van de Russen en van hun Sojoez capsules, ha ha ha:banana:

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Saturday, April 01, 2006 BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz capsule docked with the international space station on Friday, bringing Brazil's first astronaut, a new Russian-American crew and a fresh load of supplies, equipment and experiments. Two days after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the TMA-8 capsule arrived at the orbiting station and latched on shortly after 11 p.m. EST, guided into place by remote computers. Applause broke out at Russia's Mission Control Center in Korolyov, outside Moscow, as the capsule made contact. Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and astronaut Jeffrey Williams, who will replace the current crew for six months on the orbiting station, were joined on the trip by Brazil's first man in space, Marcos C. Pontes, who will return to Earth on April 9. The crew was to spend about 1 1/2 hours checking systems before opening the air locks and seeing the station's current crew, Russian http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190160,00.html Ha ha, de Amerikanen zijn volledig afhankelijk van de Russen en van hun Sojoez capsules, ha ha ha:banana: Eeeehm, zonder de dollars van rijke Amerikaanse ruimtetoeristen zouden die Russen hun Sojoez niet eens omhoog krijgen. Dus wie is er nu van wie afhankelijk. Dit noemen ze gewoon goede samenwerking. Tegenwoordig verkopen de Russen de rechterstoel aan ruimtetoeristen zoals Dennis Tito en Mark Shuttleworth. Dat ze ook de linkerstoel aanbieden aan professionele ESA astronauten, betekent dat hun eigen kosmonauten weliswaar minder vliegen, maar door de financiële injectie die ze ermee krijgen, houden ze wel hun bemande ruimtevaart op peil.” Bron: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/ESADMO7708D_Netherlands_0.html Waarschijnlijk ben je gewoon jaloers dat de hele wereld (met uitzondering van het Arabische deel) samenwerkt in deze hoogtechnologische operatie.