Soyuz delivers new crew to ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft successfully launched to the International Space Station Thursday. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:05 am EDT (0806 GMT) and placed the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft into orbit nine minutes later. The spacecraft docked with the Poisk module of the ISS at 10:13 am EDT (1413 GMT). On board the Soyuz spacecraft were Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and American astronaut Chris Cassidy. Prelaunch preparations for this mission were unusual given the addition of Ivanishin and Vagner to the crew in February, replacing Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin because of a medical issue, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that greatly reduced the number of people at the launch site.
A Soyuz spacecraft successfully launched to the International Space Station Thursday. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:05 am EDT (0806 GMT) and placed the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft into orbit nine minutes later. The spacecraft docked with the Poisk module of the ISS at 10:13 am EDT (1413 GMT). On board the Soyuz spacecraft were Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and American astronaut Chris Cassidy. Prelaunch preparations for this mission were unusual given the addition of Ivanishin and Vagner to the crew in February, replacing Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin because of a medical issue, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that greatly reduced the number of people at the launch site.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Tuesday, November 4
NASA’s next Mars mission will help future astronauts on the Red Planet
Spectrum News — 6:56 am ET (1156 GMT) Capitol Hill is abuzz with talk of the “Athena” plan for NASA
Ars Technica — 6:54 am ET (1154 GMT) A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space
Ars Technica — 6:54 am ET (1154 GMT) New Glenn to launch NASA Mars mission this week
Astronomy — 6:54 am ET (1154 GMT) A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman's sweeping new vision for NASA
POLITICO — 6:53 am ET (1153 GMT) |
