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Liftoff! A New Crew Heads to the Space Station

Soyuz MS-12 launch, March 14 ET
The Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft lifted off with Expedition 59 crewmembers on a journey to the International Space Station.

The Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft lifted off with Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, along with Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, on Thursday, March 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch and Ovchinin will spend six-and-a-half months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls