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Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (47S/MS-01) with Astronaut Takuya Onishi aboard

July 7, 2016 (JST)

National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (47S/MS-01), which astronaut Takuya Onishi is aboard.

Launch Date/Time: at 10:36 a.m. on July 7 (Thu.), 2016 (Japan Standard Time)
at 07:36 a.m. on July 7 (Thu.), 2016 (Baikonur Time)
Launch Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS):
  at 01:12 p.m. on July 9 (Sat.), 2016 (Japan Standard Time)
at 07:12 a.m. on July 9 (Sat.), 2016 (Moscow Time)
Crewmembers: Anatoly Ivanishin (ROSCOSMOS)
Takuya Onishi (JAXA)
Kathleen Rubins (NASA)

Reference link for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/onishi/

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