Soyuz TMA-02M Up and Away!
Soyuz TMA-02M launched on schedule at 4:15 pm EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it was 2:15 am June 8. Aboard are three crew members headed to the International Space Station (ISS). Docking is scheduled for Thursday.
The international crew comprises Russian Sergey Volkov, American Michael Fossum, and Japanese Satoshi Furukawa. They will join three others already aboard ISS: Russians Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev and American Ron Garan. Those three have been aboard since April 6.
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