Tre astronauter sikkert ombord på den internationale rumstation (opdatering)

Soyuz-FG raketboosteren med Soyuz MS-11 rumskib, der transporterer en ny besætning til den internationale rumstation, ISS, eksploderer på det russiske lejede Baikonur-kosmodrom, Kasakhstan, Mandag, 3. december, 2018. Den russiske raket bærer den amerikanske astronaut Anne McClain, Den russiske kosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ og CSA-astronauten David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Tre astronauter, der mandag blev sendt ud i rummet ombord på et russisk Soyuz-rumfartøj, gik ind på den internationale rumstation næsten otte timer senere. en lettelse til pårørende og videnskabsmænd måneder efter, at en raketfejl afbrød en anden mission.

Lugen på kapslen med NASA-astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques fra den canadiske rumfartsorganisation og Oleg Kononenko fra den russiske rumfartsorganisation Roscosmos blev åbnet, mens stationen fløj over Yemens sydlige kyst.

De tre blev mødt ved ankomsten mandag af stationens nuværende besætningsmedlemmer, som havde ventet uden for lugen, efter at astronauternes kapsel lagde til kaj og gennemgik sikkerhedstjek.

Deres Soyuz MS-11 rumfartøj blev opsendt fra det russisk-lejede Baikonur Cosmodrome i Kasakhstan mandag klokken 17.31. (1131 GMT; 6:31 am. EST) gik derefter ind i en udpeget bane lige under ni minutter senere. Rumfartøjet lavede fire kredsløb i løbet af seks timer, da det jagtede rumstationen ned til docking.

Astronauterne var de første, der blev sendt til rumstationen, siden en bemandet Soyuz-opsendelse blev afbrudt i oktober, efter at en boosterraket ikke kunne adskilles ordentligt, lammer raketten. Besætningens familier, andre astronauter og embedsmænd i rummet fra flere nationer åndede lettet op efter at have observeret den fejlfri opsendelse.

Soyuz-FG raketboosteren med Soyuz MS-11 rumskib, der transporterer en ny besætning til den internationale rumstation, ISS, eksploderer på det russiske lejede Baikonur-kosmodrom, Kasakhstan, Mandag, 3. december, 2018. Den russiske raket bærer den amerikanske astronaut Anne McClain, Den russiske kosmonaut Oleg Kononenko og CSA-astronauten David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

NASA og Roscosmos sagde, at alle systemer ombord fungerede normalt, og at astronauterne havde det fint under den seks timer lange tur til rumstationen. Efter to timers ventetid i deres kapsel for at bekræfte, at deres skib var fast forankret til stationen, de forlod kapslen for at slutte sig til tre astronauter, der allerede var ombord på den kredsende forpost kl. 01:37 (1940 GMT; 14:40 EST.)

Stationens nuværende besætning af NASAs Serena Aunon-kansler, Russiske Sergei Prokopyev og tyske Alexander Gerst ventede på at hilse på de nytilkomne. De skal efter planen vende tilbage til Jorden den 20. december.

McClain, Saint-Jacques og Kononenko vil tilbringe mere end seks måneder på rumstationen med forskning og eksperimenter i biologi, Jord videnskab, fysisk videnskab og teknologi.

Den amerikanske astronaut Anne McClain, centrum, Den russiske kosmonaut Оleg Kononenko og CSA-astronauten David Saint Jacques, top, besætningsmedlemmer på missionen til den internationale rumstation, ISS, vinker, mens de går ombord på raketten forud for affyringen af Soyuz-FG-raketten ved det russisk lejede Baikonur-kosmodrom, Kasakhstan, Mandag, 3. december, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

En Soyuz-FG raket med NASA-astronaut Nick Hague og Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin fejlede to minutter inde i sin flyvning den 11. oktober, aktiverer et automatisk redningssystem, der sendte deres kapsel ud i en stejl tur tilbage til Jorden. Det lykkedes dem at komme sikkert ud på trods af den rystende prøvelse.

En russisk undersøgelse tilskrev fejlen til en sensor, der blev beskadiget under rakettens endelige samling.

NASA meddelte mandag, at Haag og Ovchinin nu vil opsende til rumstationen den 28. februar. sammen med NASA-astronaut Christina Hammock Koch.

Soyuz-ulykken i oktober var den første afbrudte besætningsopsendelse for det russiske rumprogram siden 1983. da to sovjetiske kosmonauter sikkert kastede sig ud efter en affyringsrampeeksplosion.

Russiske embedsmænd i rummet tog foranstaltninger for at forhindre gentagelsen af en sådan raketfejl. Siden oktober-ulykken, fire vellykkede ubemandede Soyuz-satellitlanceringer er blevet udført for at rydde vejen for besætningens opsendelse på mandag.

Efter mandagens vellykkede lancering, NASA-administrator Jim Bridenstine tweetede sin tak til sin russiske kollega Dmitry Rogozin og til NASA og Roscosmos rumhold "for deres dedikation til at gøre denne opsendelse til en succes."

Soyuz-rumfartøjet er i øjeblikket det eneste køretøj, der kan fragte besætninger til rumstationen, men Rusland står til at miste det monopol i de kommende år med ankomsten af SpaceX's Dragon og Boeings Starliner besætningskapsler.

Soyuz-FG raketboosteren med Soyuz MS-11 rumskib, der transporterer en ny besætning til den internationale rumstation, ISS, eksploderer på det russiske lejede Baikonur-kosmodrom, Kasakhstan, Mandag, 3. december, 2018. Den russiske raket bærer den amerikanske astronaut Anne McClain, Den russiske kosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ og CSA-astronauten David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Soyuz-FG raketboosteren med Soyuz MS-11 rumskib, der transporterer en ny besætning til den internationale rumstation, ISS, eksploderer på det russiske lejede Baikonur-kosmodrom, Kasakhstan, Mandag, 3. december, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, venstre, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎, centrum, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), report to members of the State Committee prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), speaks with her relatives through a safety glass prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
Russian Space Agency experts help CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), during the inspection of his space suit prior the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts with his children from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), during an inspection of his space suit prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts with his children from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), speaks with his relatives through a safety glass prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, waves as she boards to the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, member of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), interacts with her family from a bus prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, waves as she boards to the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, venstre, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎, centrum, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), report to head or Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, walks to the rocket prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
In this photo provided by NASA the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, launches from at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)
A police APC drives prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship with U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the mission to the International Space Station at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kasakhstan, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Expedition 58 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), top, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, center, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, bund, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft for launch, Mandag, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kasakhstan. Kononenko. McClain, and Saint-Jacques will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)

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