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A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station

MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, a little more than three hours after its launch. HT Image The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked with the space station after two orbits of the Earth, a fast …

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Trio who lived on space station return to Earth safely

MOSCOW — A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan at 7:54 a.m. Thursday. While serving as the station’s commander, …

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Trio who lived on space station return to Earth safely A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. In this image from video made available by NASA, newly-arrived …

The Neowise comet should be visible throughout the month of July and will approach closest to the Earth around 22 July. NASA astronaut Bob Behnken posted a tweet from the International Space Station on 5 July, highlighting Neowise. Its tail is quite clearly visible from the @Space_Station!#ISS #comet #NEOWISE pic.twitter.com/FnWkCummD6 — Ivan Vagner July 4, 2020 Vagner commented on Neowise’s …

NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the space station during a pandemic

CNN — Two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday morning at 4:05 a.m. The time is spent preparing for flight, studying and resting, as well as working out and making video calls to friends and family members.” About six hours …

New rules apply as US-Russian space crew blasts off amid pandemic

Team members were quarantined for month before launch, and were unable to meet family and reporters as usual. A US-Russian space crew blasted off Thursday to the International Space Station following a tight quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner lifted off as scheduled at 08:05am GMT from the Russian-operated Baikonur …