Soyuz 20S docking
ISS020-E-043952 (2 Oct. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté. Williams and Suraev will spend six months on the station, while Laliberté will return to Earth on Oct. 10 with two of the Expedition 20 crew members currently on the complex. Docking to the Zvezda Service Module aft port occurred at 3:35 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 2, 2009.
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October 2, 2009
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