Soyuz swaps parking spot on ISS
MOSCOW. July 3. KAZINFORM The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying half of the International Space Station crew has re-docked after a brief 25-minute flight overnight to swap the parking post, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft moved from docking port of Zvezda module on the space station's aft to a berth on its bottom, linking the spacecraft to the Earth-facing Pirs compartment. Zvezda will be used to accommodate Progress cargo spaceship due to launch from Baikonur on July 24.
Crew Commander Gennady Padalka manually re-docked the spacecraft. "The re-docking from Zvezda to Pirs compartment went normally," spokesman of the Russian mission control center said, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.