17 Aug 2015 14:29

Soyuz TMA-16M to clear space for next ISS expedition in late August

MOSCOW. Aug 17 (Interfax-AVN) - The Soyuz TMA-16M spaceship will be re-docked on August 28, the Mission Control Center has said.

"The Soyuz TMA-16M spaceship will be re-docked from the Poisk small research module to the accessory bay of the Zvezda service module," it said in a report.

A source in the rocket and space industry told Interfax-AVN earlier that the operation would be done to prepare for the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-18M spaceship carrying the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).