OREANDA-NEWS. On Sept 4 at 10-39 a.m MT the docking of the  SC Soyuz TMA-18M and the International Space Station was successfully carried out.

The SC had docked with the Mini-research module "Poisk" of Russian segment of ISS. The approaching was executed in automatic mode under control of specialists form mission control center in Korolev.  

After the unlocking of transitional hatches the crew of SC will join to theirs colleagues, who are already onboard.

According to the flight-program of ISS on Sept 12 is scheduled the undocking of Soyuz TMA-16M with Gennady PADALKA, Andreas MOGENSEN and Aydyn AIMBETOV on board.
During staying of 45/46 expedition on aloft, it is planned to carry out next tasks: docking of cargo spacecrafts “Progress M-M” and “Progress MS”, overdocking of Soyuz TMA-17M, spacewalking in February 2016 and so on