Russian spacecraft, Soyuz TMA -22 to depart to the ISS

MOSCOW - A Russian spacecraft carrying an astronaut, United States (U.S.) and two Russian cosmonauts to depart today from the meadow steppe in Kazakhtan heading to the International Space Station (ISS).

Soyuz TMA-22 to depart on schedule at 8:14 am central time Kazakhtan from the Baikonur launch space mission in Kazakhtan.

It is the lead astronaut Aeronautics and Space Administration of America (NASA), and Burbank and two Russian cosmonauts, Anton and Anatoly Ivanishin Shkaplerov and is expected to dock at the ISS on Saturday.

They will be at the ISS, which was built at a cost of U.S. $ 100 billion (RM313.4 billion) until March next year to replace the three astronauts who now works at the space station.

The astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth on 21 November.

The launch was postponed for two months follow-up of a cargo spacecraft that crashed in August. - Agency

Capsule Earth balloons to tourists see

BARCELONA - A Spanish company created a capsule that will take tourists into Earth's stratosphere using helium balloons in 2013, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

Stratosphere at a height between 12 and 50 kilometers from the Earth.

Company's Zero 2 Infinity will cost a total of £ 90,000 (RM442, 734) for every tourist in the capsule for about five hours.

The tourists will enjoy views of the Earth. The capsule is designed so that they can wear T-shirts while on it.

FORM capsule that will be boarded by visitors.

 

Chief Executive Officer of Zero 2 Infinity, Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales said he got the idea to implement the project ten years ago.

So far, three tests have been conducted at a distance of 32.18 kilometers from Earth.

The tourists will be served food while they are in the capsules. - Agencies