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http://news.discovery.com/space/new-crew-takes-express-lane-to-space-station-130329.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21972804
The travel time from lift-off to docking with the ISS is usually around two days, whether you're travelling in Russian Soyuz capsules or aboard NASA's retired space-shuttles.
Russian engineers have managed to bring that time down to under six hours, by cutting out about thirty orbits of the earth -- with some precisely-timed steering, the capsule only needs to make four orbits! The Russians have tested it previously with three unmanned resupply transports, and yesterday the three-man crew of a Soyuz capsule docked with the ISS five hours and forty-five minutes after lift-off.
Of course, the Russian engineers are already looking into reducing the trip even more by halving the number of orbits to two.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21972804
The travel time from lift-off to docking with the ISS is usually around two days, whether you're travelling in Russian Soyuz capsules or aboard NASA's retired space-shuttles.
Russian engineers have managed to bring that time down to under six hours, by cutting out about thirty orbits of the earth -- with some precisely-timed steering, the capsule only needs to make four orbits! The Russians have tested it previously with three unmanned resupply transports, and yesterday the three-man crew of a Soyuz capsule docked with the ISS five hours and forty-five minutes after lift-off.
Of course, the Russian engineers are already looking into reducing the trip even more by halving the number of orbits to two.
