Astronauts dock with International Space Station in half the time after new fast-trac

[Peter1469]

Astronauts dock with International Space Station in half the time after new fast-track approach

Hopefully this is the last time we have to use Soyuz.

A trio of astronauts have reached the International Space Station in just three hours by using a new fast-track manoeuvre.

NASA's Kate Rubins, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchko, blasted off from the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan early on Wednesday morning.

The launch used a two-orbit, three hour approach for the first time.


Previously, it took twice as long to reach the station.

[Lummy]

If this really matters, then they should give Elon Musk a shot at it.

With betting odds in Vegas.

[Peter1469]

If this really matters, then they should give Elon Musk a shot at it.

With betting odds in Vegas.

Space X has docked with the ISS.