WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it will televise the launch of the next International Space Station crew and the return of the current crew to Earth.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Expedition 18 Commander and Science Officer Mike Fincke, Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov and U.S. spaceflight participant Richard Garriott are to be launched Oct. 12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their Soyuz TMA-13 craft is to dock with the ISS on Oct. 14.