Expedition 27 Lifts Off From Kazakhstan, Due at Space Station Wednesday
Expedition 27 crewmates Ron Garan, Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko lifted off from Kazakhstan Monday in a Soyuz spacecraft dubbed "Gagarin," honoring the first human spaceflight nearly fifty years ago.
Twitter: @Astro_RonNASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:18 p.m. EDT Monday (4:18 a.m. Tuesday, Kazakhstan time) beginning a two-day journey to the International Space Station.
Their Soyuz, named for Yuri Gagarin, lifted off just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic journey into space from that same launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
