Iss Crews Training At Baikonur
Posted on: Wednesday, 14 April 2004, 06:00 CDT
BAIKONUR. April 14 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - The main crews and standby crews of Expedition 9 to the International Space Station (ISS) trained at Baikonur space center on Wednesday ahead of the launch to the station slated for April 19.
"The cosmonauts examined the equipment of the Soyuz TMA-4 spaceship, studied the schedule of scientific experiments and exercised the use of the Iridium communication system," Interfax was told at the space center.
After the training, commander of the main crew Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka said the crews were fully prepared for the mission.
"We have a closely-knit team. I am sure that we will carry out our main mission - ISS maintenance," he said.
Related Articles
- Soyuz Rocket Carries Crew to Space Station
- U.S.-Russian Crew Depart Space Station
- Hungry Crew on Space Station Awaits Cargo Ship Carrying Food
- Capsule With U.S.-Russian Crew From Space Station Lands in Kazakhstan
- Iss Crew Holds Space Walk Training
- Crew Traces Space-Station Leak to Flex Hose in U.S. Lab
- NASA Defends Launch of New Crew to Space Station
- Japan to form main space agency by integrating 3 entities
- Hoping to boost competiveness, Japan merges three main space
- Psychologists Help Crew on Space Station
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds