New crew readies for launch to International Space Station

Three more astronauts are preparing to launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday at 5:02 p.m. EDT. The three will join the one-year crew, American Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko as well as Russian commander Gennady Padalka as part of Expedition 44. More

(Source: Globalnews.ca - Jul 22)