New Crew Launched Aboard Soyuz MS-12, En-Route to Space Station

By Ben Evans, on March 14th, 2019

Soyuz MS-12 roars aloft from Gagarin’s Start, into post-midnight skies at Baikonur. Photo Credit: NASA/Twitter

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 […]

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Soyuz MS-10 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan, Following Launch Vehicle Failure

By Ben Evans, on October 11th, 2018

Alexei Ovchinin (foreground) and Nick Hague wave to well-wishers, ahead of their ill-fated launch on Thursday, 11 October. Photo Credit: NASA/Twitter

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 […]

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First '8-Ball' Astronaut Ready for Thursday Morning Launch to Space Station

By Ben Evans, on October 10th, 2018

Nick Hague will serve as Flight Engineer-1, flying right-seat on Soyuz MS-10 to Commander Alexei Ovchinin. Photo Credit: Nick Hague/NASA/Twitter

The first member of NASA’s 2013 astronaut class stands ready to launch into space on his first mission at 2:40 p.m. local time (4:40 a.m. EDT) tomorrow (Thursday, 11 October), from the Baikonur […]

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Soyuz MS-09 Launches U.S., Russian, German Spacefarers to Space Station

By Ben Evans, on June 6th, 2018

Soyuz MS-09 launches from Site 1/5 at Baikonur at 5:12 p.m. local time (7:12 a.m. EDT) Wednesday, 6 June, bound for a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: Roscosmos/Twitter

Three spacefarers from three nations—including a former Russian Air Force strategic bomber pilot, the second European commander of the International […]

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Former Bomber Commander, Second European ISS Skipper and Cuban-American Flight Surgeon Prepare for June Launch to Space Station

By Ben Evans, on February 14th, 2018

The Soyuz MS-09 crew (from left) comprises Alexander Gerst of Germany, Sergei Prokopiev of Russia and U.S. astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor. Photo Credit: Michael Galindo/AmericaSpace

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 […]

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