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| New ISS crew sets off into space from Russian launchpad | |
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| A Soyuz rocket with three new members of the International Space Station’s crew has been launched from the Russian spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. | A Soyuz rocket with three new members of the International Space Station’s crew has been launched from the Russian spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, the ESA’s Thomas Pesquet and NASA’s Peggy Whitson will travel for two days before docking on the ISS, where they are expected to stay for six months. | Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, the ESA’s Thomas Pesquet and NASA’s Peggy Whitson will travel for two days before docking on the ISS, where they are expected to stay for six months. |
| The trio will be greeted aboard the ISS by cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and NASA’s Shane Kimbrough, who have been living on the space station since October. | The trio will be greeted aboard the ISS by cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and NASA’s Shane Kimbrough, who have been living on the space station since October. |
| READ MORE: Upgraded Soyuz spacecraft brings Int’l Space Station Expedition 49 back to Earth | READ MORE: Upgraded Soyuz spacecraft brings Int’l Space Station Expedition 49 back to Earth |
| The crew of six will conduct hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science before their scheduled return next year. | The crew of six will conduct hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science before their scheduled return next year. |
| Upon arrival, NASA’s Whitson will become the first woman to ever command the space station twice, she was also the first woman to hold the command position during her last stint in 2007. | Upon arrival, NASA’s Whitson will become the first woman to ever command the space station twice, she was also the first woman to hold the command position during her last stint in 2007. |