Expedition 16 in Orbit, on Way to the ISS
October 11, 2007
The Expedition 16 crew was in Earth orbit Thursday, en route to the International Space Station.
Cmdr. Peggy Whitson, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor of Malaysia were launched into space Wednesday aboard a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft that lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They entered orbit less than 10 minutes later.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration controllers in Houston said the Soyuz spacecraft is to dock at the space station’s Earth-facing port on the Zarya module about 10:52 a.m. EDT Friday.