Three Russians in the honor of three Americans | Launch …

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, the Soyuz rocket was launched on the International Space Station (ISS), 50 years after the first and only human landing.

"It's confirmed, three new astronauts are heading to the space station, the same day Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin have reached the moon," NASA journalist told the special 50-year-old TV show. from the arrival of the man on the moon and during which the entire operation could be followed minute by minute, listen to the voice of the Russian operator and watch the astronauts play with several stuffed animals inside the ship.

The crew was composed of Astronaut of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of the United States. European Space Agency (ESA) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos.

The team joins Expedition 60 and will spend more than six months in approximately 250 scientific studies in biology, earth sciences, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

"Working in the IEE's unique Microgravity Laboratory is advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making advances in research that will enable long-term human and robotic exploration of the world." the Moon and Mars, "said NASA.

The most relevant aspects of the upcoming Expedition 60 research will be the facilitation in the orbital laboratory of the foam growth on board the platform, a platform to try the successful printing of biological tissue and the mining in space.