Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (53S/MS-07)
with Astronaut Norishige Kanai aboard
December 17, 2017 (JST)
National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (53S/MS-07), which astronaut Norishige Kanai is aboard.
| Launch Date/Time: | at 16:21 p.m. on December 17(Sun.), 2017(Japan Standard Time) at 13:21 p.m. on December 17(Sun.), 2017(Baikonur Time) |
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| Launch Location: | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan) |
| Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS): | |
| at 17:43 p.m. on December. 19 (Tue.), 2017 (Japan Standard Time) at 11:43 p.m. on December. 19 (Tue.), 2017 (Moscow Time) |
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| Crewmembers: | Anton Shkaplerov (ROSCOSMOS) Scott Tingle (NASA) Norishige Kanai (JAXA) |