Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Expedition 68 Soyuz Rocket Launch in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

Expedition 68 Soyuz Rocket Launch in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

Expedition 68 crew members Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, top, Frank Rubio of NASA, and Sergey  Prokopyev of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell 



The Soyuz MS-22 rocket launched to the International Space Station with Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in March 2023. 

Astronaut Frank Rubio’s Official NASA Biography:

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.


Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Release Date: September 21, 2022


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