La Soyuz estaba prevista para acoplarse con la estación a las 8:36 am GMT Viernes, 29 de mayo. El trío se unirá al Comandante de la Estación Gennady Padalka y a los Ingenieros de Vuelo Mike Barratt de la NASA y Koichi Wakata de la Agencia de Exploración Aeroespacial del Japón (JAXA) para formar la tripulación de la Expedición 20. Esto marcará por primera vez que las cinco Agencias Asociadas estén representadas por los astronautas en la estación al mismo tiempo.

Image above: The Expedition 20 crew holds a welcome ceremony in the Zvezda service module. Credit: NASA TV
Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station at 8:34 a.m. EDT Friday. After launching from Kazakhstan on Wednesday, flight engineers Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk and Frank De Winne spent two days in space aboard the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft before docking to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module.
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European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both Ex...
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both Expedition 20/21 flight engineers participated in traditional ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow.
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