Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Welcomed Aboard the Space Station

After launching on September 2 in their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 45 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency (Kazcosmos) arrived at the International Space Station on Sept. 4. A few hours after docking, Volkov, Mogensen and Aimbetov opened hatches and were greeted by station Commander Gennady Padalka