Russian Soyuz-U blasts off with Progress M-28M ship carrying supplies to ISS

#InternationalSpaceStation #Soyuzrocket #MikhailKornienko #ScottKelly Recently, the SpaceX Dragon space capsule exploded after take-off and many supplies meant for the ISS was destroyed. The International Space Station has enough supplies until October, but there is an urgent need for ferrying of the crew.
Therefore, an unmanned cargo ship has taken off from Kazakhstan and is on its way to the International Space Station where the crew comprising cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly are waiting. This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 3 July 2015.

The Russian Progress M-28M ship has been now placed safely into a designated orbit, en-route to the station and it is due to dock with the Russian-manned station on Sunday. The ship is carrying 2.4 metric tons of fuel, oxygen, water, food and other supplies for the crew.
There has been a number of failed attempts in the recent past - the previous Progress launch in April, followed by a US supply mission attempt last Sunday when the rocket broke apart shortly after lift-off and a launch pad failure last October when another supply-carrying cargo failed at the launch pad.
Hence there is a need to keep standby options ready.
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Sarah Brightman scheduled to visit the International Space Station for 10 days

#internationalspacestation #Baikonur #Soyuzrocket #Reignwood #Kazakhstan Yes, it is now known that the ISS would soon get a British visitor – she will be Sarah Brightman, a British soprano and she would be there for a period of ten days as reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 26 February 2015.
It is understood that on Septemvber1, Sarah Brightman, the big haired Phantom Of The Opera star, would blast off in a mighty Soyuz FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome deep in the desert steppes of Kazakhstan.
Along with her on board the space capsule would be three highly-trained cosmonauts and all of them would be bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
42-year-old Colonel Sergei Volkov will be commander and he would be leading his third mission into space. He will be accompanied by 35-year-old Danish Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen, the holder of a doctorate in engineering from the University of Texas.
55-year-old English soprano Sarah Brightman would be the third member of the team. She has plans to hold a press conference on March 10 to discuss the mission. As per estimates, her ten-day sojourn on the ISS will cost her £34 million.
There is a big mystery on who is funding her trip – but, as per reports, she has agreed to perform a concert during her time in the International Space Station that would be streamed live back to Earth ‘during an event organized by Reignwood’ – this is a Chinese firm that has plenty of interests in England like luxury clubs, resorts, apartment blocks etcetera.
Obviously, a concert from the ISS would be a huge publicity program for the sponsors Reignwood.