At the ISS went 18-I Expedition

Spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13 docked to the International Space Station. As reported by RIA Novosti, the staffing was docked in automatic mode.

Soyuz delivered to the ISS crew of the 18 th Expedition: American Michael Fincke (commander of the expedition) and Russian Yuri Lonchakova (flight engineer). Also at the ISS came sixth space tourist, American Richard Garriott, the son of an American astronaut Owen Garriott.

18-I probudet expedition to the ISS six months. During that time, it will hold about 50 scientific experiments. Garriott will return to Earth along with the 17 th Expedition (Sergey Volkov and Oleg Kononenko), the sample at the station for ten days.

The flight to the ISS cost Garriott, did state on the development of computer games (including Ultima), 30 million dollars.