Soyuz TMA-20 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. The Soyuz spacecraft carries Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli. Soyuz TMA-20 is expected to dock with the International Space Station on Friday, December 17.
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The Orbital COTS demonstration mission is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011. Orbital Sciences will provide eight pressurized cargo missions beginning in late 2011 or early 2012.
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Soyuz TMA-20 is scheduled to launch on December 15, 2010. Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will join the rest of the Expedition 26 crew, cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri, and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, already at the Internation Space Station.
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On December 8, 2010, a Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station\’s Launch Complex 40. The Falcon 9 successfully carried the Dragon spacecraft to orbit.
On December 5, 2010, a Proton-M launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with three GLONASS-M satellites, but failed to reach orbit. According to preliminary data, the launch vehicle crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Watch carefully the close-ups of the first seconds of the launch. A dark-colored liquid appears to burst from one of the engines of the main stage.
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Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, ISS Commander Doug Wheelock, and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker landed in Kazakhstan on November 26, 2010. The Expedition 25 members completed almost six months in space.
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