Russian woman for the first time in 17 years, was in space
Manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-14M with unopened solar battery and the first Russian woman astronaut for the past 17 years Elena Serova after a series of difficulties docked to the International space station (ISS). The first ship was not disclosed solar panels.
"Union" with Russian astronauts, was launched from Baikonur 6 hours ago, docked to the ISS in the automatic mode, told RIA Novosti adept Roscosmos. Previously adept of the mission control Center told me that one of the solar panels for some reason did not deploy.
"The intervention of the astronauts in the rendezvous and docking of Course, to his utter joy, not required. The ship "docked" to the Russian segment of the ISS in the automatic mode," - said the Agency interlocutor.
Note that in the main the crew included astronauts Roscosmos Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore. Note that Serov became 4 Russian woman cosmonaut. The first woman cosmonaut in the world was Valentina Tereshkova (June 1963). Svetlana Savitskaya flew in early July 1984. She was the first girl that came into open space. After the collapse of the USSR in space flew only one Russian lady - Elena Kondakova. In 1994-1995 she spent on the Mir station 5 months.
As previously written Melbourne Herald sun, Serov is not the only Russian female astronaut, which is aiming for a flight into space. As told the head of the training Center astronaut Yuri Lonchakov, Anna Kikin can go on a space flight in a few years. In addition Serova and Kikunoi, Russian group of female astronauts is no more.
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