US EditionOne American, two Russians blast off in Russian spacecraft heading to International Space Station
- On Friday, an American and two Russian space crew members embarked on a mission to the International Space Station aboard a Russian spacecraft.
- The American astronaut, Loral O'Hara, and the Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, launched on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. O'Hara will spend six months on the ISS, while Kononenko and Chub will stay for a year.
- This mission is significant as it marks the first spaceflight for O'Hara and Chub, who will be accompanied by Kononenko, an experienced cosmonaut. The crew is expected to dock at the ISS after a three-hour flight and join seven astronauts and cosmonauts from the U.S., Russia, Denmark, and Japan.
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One American, two Russians ride Russian capsule to the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russians made a quick trip Friday to the International Space aboard a Russian capsule. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked at the station three hours later. O’Hara will spend six months there while Kononenko and Chub will spend a year. The trio was supposed to fly to the space station last spring, …
Two Russians, American reach space station
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked with the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off from Baikonur amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine.Earlier Friday Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft.The crew docked at the ISS three hours later, the Russian spa…
Russian Soyuz with two cosmonauts, one US astronaut docks at International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts and an astronaut from the United States have docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after taking off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over the invasion of Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported.
Russian spacecraft joins US crew at International Space Station
A Russian spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut has departed for the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 rocket departed from Kazakhstan. They have successfully joined the current crew of NASA astronauts at the ISS where they will begin their year-long stay. The mission comes after Russia’s space programme suffered a major setback last month when a spacecraft crashed during an attempted landing on the Moon. The I…
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