Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Rollout of Soyuz TMA-2 Aboard an R7 Rocket
Explanation:
It takes a big rocket to go into space. In 2003 April, this huge Russian rocket [ http://www.spaceref…] was launched [ http://space.com/mi…] toward Earth-orbiting International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (ISS), carrying two astronauts who will make up the new Expedition 7 [ http://spaceflight.…] crew. Seen here [ http://www.spaceref…] during rollout at the Baikonur Cosmodrome [ http://spaceflight.…], the rocket's white top is actually the Soyuz TMA-2 [ http://www.russians…], the most recent version of the longest serving type of human spacecraft. The base [ http://www.russians…] is a Russian [ http://www.cia.gov/…] R7 rocket [ http://www.russians…], originally developed as a prototype Intercontinental Ballistic Missile [ http://www.wikipedi…] in 1957. The rocket spans the width of a football field and has a fueled mass of about half a million kilograms. Russian rockets [ http://www.russians…] like this remain a primary transportation system to the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.…] (ISS). Last week, a similar rocket successfully launched [ http://space.com/mi…] a spaceflight participant [ http://www.spaceadv…] and two Expedition 12 [ http://www.nasa.gov…] astronauts to the space station.
Credit and Copyright:
Scott Andrews, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
1957
facet_when:
2003
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Soyuz TMA-2
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_when_year:
2003
facet_when_year:
1957
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap051009

Rollout of Soyuz TMA-2 Aboard an R7 Rocket
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