Expedition 44 Launches to the Space Station

Expedition 44 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft on July 23, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-hour journey to the International Space Station and the start of a five-month mission. ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: Facebook: Instagra