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Rubins, Crewmates Primed for Six-Month ISS Expedition (Part 1)
Birthday girl @Astro_Kate7, plus #SoyuzMS17 crewmates Sergei Ryzhikov & Sergei Kud-Sverchkov are primed to launch to @Space_Station on Wednesday, 14 October. More
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Kate Rubins Prepares for Birthday Ride to Space Station
When @Astro_Kate7 launches to the @Space_Station on Wednesday, she’ll become only the 5th American (and 1st woman) to ride a rocket to space on her birthday. More
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Astronaut Chris Cassidy Launches on 195-day Mission to Space Station
One of the most shielded groups of spacefarers in history lifted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, 9 April, departing a world of self-isolation and headed for their own brand of isolation at the International Space Station (ISS). Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner—newly appointed to the Soyuz MS-16 prime crew, having previously […] More
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To Live With Russians: Remembering America’s Long Mission to Mir, 25 Years On (Part 2)
Twenty-five years ago, this month, the first U.S. astronaut in history was launched aboard a non-U.S. spacecraft, atop a non-U.S. rocket, from a non-U.S. nation, with a crew entirely composed of non-U.S. comrades. Four-time Space Shuttle flyer Dr. Norm Thagard had spent more than a year training for NASA’s first long-duration “increment” to the Russian Mir space […] More
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in SpaceNASA’s Jessica Meir, Crewmates Launch to Space Station on Soyuz MS-15
In a relatively rare occurrence since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet in mid-2011, nine individuals will celebrate together tonight aboard the International Space Station (ISS), following Wednesday’s launch and arrival of Soyuz MS-15 crew members Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Hazza al-Mansouri. The trio launched from Site 1/5 at Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:57 […] More
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in SpaceCosmonaut Veteran, NASA Rookie and First UAE Astronaut Ready for Wednesday Launch to Space Station
Three spacefarers from three nations are primed to roar aloft from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan—the exact location from which humanity began its first voyage into the cosmos—on Wednesday, 25 September, to support a multi-month increment on the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of the Soyuz-FG booster will occur at 6:57 p.m. […] More
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50 Years After Moon Landing, Soyuz MS-13 Crew Ready for Space Station Mission
Three spacefarers from a trio of nations will launch aboard Soyuz MS-13 on Saturday, 20 July, bound for a multi-month tour of the International Space Station (ISS). First-time NASA flyer Drew Morgan, seasoned Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov and Italy’s only spacewalker, Luca Parmitano, will rise from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at […] More
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in SpaceNew Crew Launched Aboard Soyuz MS-12, En-Route to Space Station
Two U.S. astronauts rode into orbit, shoulder-to-shoulder with a Russian commander earlier today, when Soyuz MS-12 speared smoothly aloft from Site 1/5—the historic “Gagarin’s Start”—at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA flyers Nick Hague and Christina Koch were joined by seasoned cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin for the on-time liftoff and are now embarking on a six-hour and […] More
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Soyuz MS-12 Crew Primed for Thursday Launch to Space Station
Five months after an abortive attempt to reach the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and NASA’s Nick Hague will have a second chance to get to the sprawling orbital outpost on Thursday, 14 March, when they again launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The pair originally flew aboard Soyuz MS-10 last […] More
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in SpaceSoyuz MS-10 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan, Following Launch Vehicle Failure
Soyuz MS-10 crewmen Alexei Ovchinin of Russia and NASA’s Nick Hague have performed an emergency return to Earth and landed safely in Kazakhstan, following a failure in their Soyuz-FG booster. The two men—with Ovchinin making his second launch, having previously spent a half-year in space in 2016, and Hague on his first flight—were launched on […] More
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Soyuz MS-09 Launches U.S., Russian, German Spacefarers to Space Station
Three spacefarers from three nations—including a former Russian Air Force strategic bomber pilot, the second European commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and a Cuban-American flight surgeon moved in January from the backup to the prime crew—have launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, aboard Soyuz MS-09. Sergei Prokopiev, Alexander Gerst and Serena Auñón-Chancellor […] More
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Former Bomber Commander, Second European ISS Skipper and Cuban-American Flight Surgeon Prepare for June Launch to Space Station
Three spacefarers from three nations, including a former Russian Air Force strategic bomber pilot, the second European commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and a Cuban-American flight surgeon recently moved from the backup to the prime crew, assembled at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, earlier today (Wednesday, 14 February), to discuss […] More
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