On May 27, 2009, three astronauts launched to the International Space Station to complete the crew of Expedition 20.
Expedition 20 was the first six-person crew to live and work at the space station for a long-duration stay. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Two days later, they arrived at the space station, where they were greeted by the Russian commander Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. For the first time in ISS history, the space station was packed to its full capacity of six crewmembers. Previous Expedition crews consisted of three people. But ever since Expedition 20, the space station has continued to support crews of six. Because the Soyuz capsules that ferry people to and from the ISS can only fit three people, only half of each Expedition crew can launch at a time. This is why it too two launches to get the full crew of Expedition 20 to the space station.
Expedition 20 was the first six-person crew to live and work at the space station for a long-duration stay. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Two days later, they arrived at the space station, where they were greeted by the Russian commander Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. For the first time in ISS history, the space station was packed to its full capacity of six crewmembers. Previous Expedition crews consisted of three people. But ever since Expedition 20, the space station has continued to support crews of six. Because the Soyuz capsules that ferry people to and from the ISS can only fit three people, only half of each Expedition crew can launch at a time. This is why it too two launches to get the full crew of Expedition 20 to the space station.
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00:01On this day in space
00:03On May 27th, 2009, three astronauts launched to the International Space Station to complete the crew of Expedition 20.
00:10Expedition 20 was the first six-person crew to live and work at the space station for a long-duration stay.
00:16Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk,
00:20and Belgian astronaut Franck Devin lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
00:25Two days later, they arrived at the space station, where they were greeted by Russian commander Gennady Padalka,
00:30NASA astronaut Michael Barrett, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
00:35For the first time in ISS history, the space station was packed to its full capacity of six crew members.
00:40Previous expedition crews consisted of three people, but ever since Expedition 20,
00:45the space station has continued to support crews of six.
00:48Because the Soyuz capsules that ferry people to and from the ISS can only fit three people,
00:53only half of each expedition can launch at a time.
00:56This is why it took two launches to get the full crew of Expedition 20 to the space station.
01:01And that's what happened on this day in space.
01:04to ULT have been made by the Sustainable Space Station.
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