Cervantes MISSION highlights
On 28 october 2003 Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque landed in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz TMA capsule after it's successful mission to the International Space Station.
5 minute A-roll with split audio (english commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a 8 minute B-roll with clean international sound.
Only 10 days earlier, on the 18th of October, Duque and his colleagues Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and NASA astronaut Michael Foale were in Baikonur being checked into their spacesuits for the flight in the Soyuz TMA spacecraft to the international Space Station.
Two days later, in the early hours of the 20th of October, the Soyuz TMA began its automated docking procedure with the International Space Station.
the crew were greeted by the outgoing Expedition 7 crew, Russian comsonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Ed Lu.
Duque became the sixth European astronaut to visit the ISS, and during his eight-day stay aboard he continues ESA's scientific work
Cervantes MISSION highlights
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Another successful mission to the International Space Station came to an end on 28 October 2003, when Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque landed in Kazakhstan at 08:40 hours in a Soyuz TMA capsule.
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Only 10 days earlier, on the 18th of October, Duque and his colleagues Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and NASA astronaut Michael Foale were in Baikonur being checked into their spacesuits for the flight in the Soyuz TMA spacecraft to the international Space Station.
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After a final wave from the astronauts, the crowd of spectators including the astronautÕs families witnessed a flawless launch into a cloudless sky at 12:30 hours, and entry into orbit nine minutes later.
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This was the first ever mission of a Spaniard to the ISS, and the Spanish Minister of Research, Juan Costa, was at Baikanor to represent SpainÕs participation in the Cervantes project.
10:02:01 : In-flight call with Juan Costa ? Spanish Minister of science and