The Russian space capsule carrying Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and two colleagues docked today at the International Space Station.
The spacecraft carrying Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko linked up with the space station's Rassvet module at 9:09 a.m. ET after spending two days in orbit
The docking took place around 410 kilometres above their point of origin, the Baikonur space port in southern Kazakhstan.
The trio will join NASA astronaut Cmdr. Kevin Ford and flight engineers and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, who have been residing at the orbital laboratory since Oct. 26. A welcome ceremony is set to begin once the hatch opens at 11:45 a.m. ET Friday.
The Soyuz TMA-07M space ship blasts off from Kazakhstan transporting Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and two colleagues to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (Dmitry Lovetsky) During his five-month visit, Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the giant orbiting space laboratory in its14-year history when he takes over in mid-March. Once Hadfield takes command, Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will return home.
It's a task that former Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk says will be challenging.
He says the 53-year-old Hadfield will have to maintain crew morale and make sure the crew paces itself, adding that the long duration stay is a marathon, not a sprint
Thirsk spent six months on the space station in 2009 — a record for a Canadian astronaut.
He also says that being away from family can be tough on astronauts who spend a long period of time on the space station.
This is Hadfield's third space journey.
His first space trip was in November 1995 when he visited the Russian Space Station Mir.
His second voyage was a visit to the International Space Station in April 2001, when he also performed two spacewalks.
Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko return home in May.
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