The Russians have now placed the next human-rated Soyuz on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Desert Steppe of Kazakhstan to launch the next crew to the Interntaional Space Station on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 11:14 P.M. EST. NASA Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier sets forth the launch calendar in the linked video.NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are scheduled to lift off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome 0415 GMT Nov. 14. More from SPACE.COM.Meanwhile, the PROGRESS M 13M docked earlier this month with the International Space Station bringing new cargo and supplies (VIDEO). It will undock from Pirs Nadir port on 25 JANUARY 2012, releasing the CHIBIS-M satellite which was produced by the Institute of Space Research Institute and the Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI) prior to de-orbiting.The 40 kg small CHIBIS-M satellite is designed to study gamma radiation in atmospheric lightning. Previously, other spacecrafts have found that high-altitude thunderstorm are accompanied by powerful pulses of gamma-and X-ray and radio pulses of ultrahigh power. More from "THE NEW YORK TIMES".
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