Spaceflight

On 29 May the International Space Station crew complement became six with the arrival of the three expedition 20 team members. Launched by Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome on 27 May (pictured), the expedition 20 personnel are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk. They join the expedition 19 crew: Russia's Gennady Padalka, mission commander, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata.

© ESA Soyuz FG rocket launching from Baikonur cosmodrome carrying three ISS crew