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    Crew Training for the Arrival of Two New Spaceships

    Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins

    A Russian Progress 64 (64P) cargo craft is getting ready for a Saturday launch to the International Space Station. A private U.S. space freighter, the SpaceX Dragon, is also getting prepared for a launch early Monday morning. Both spacecraft will take two-day trips to the orbital laboratory. Cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Anatoly Ivanishin are practicing …

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    Pair of Cargo Ships Getting Ready for Launch to Station

    Expedition 48-49 Crew Members Kate Rubins and Anatoly Ivanishin

    The Expedition 48 crew is getting ready for next week’s arrival of a pair resupply ships. The station residents are also continuing space research benefitting life on Earth and future crews. The first cargo craft due next week is the Progress 64 (64P) resupply ship and will launch Saturday at 5:41 p.m. EDT. The 64P …

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    Expanded Crew Trains for SpaceX Dragon Capture

    The Soyuz MS-01 Spacecraft

    The newly-expanded Expedition 48 crew is preparing for next week’s arrival of the ninth SpaceX mission. In the meantime, the International Space Station’s newest trio is getting used to their new home in space and conducting science and maintenance with their crewmates. New astronauts Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi joined Commander Jeff Williams and trained …

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    Hatches Open and Station Crew Grows to Six

    The six-member Expedition 48 crew join each other for well wishes and congratulations from family, friends and mission officials. In front, from left are the new crew members Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi. In the back row are Flight ENgineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin and Commander Jeff Williams. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) joined their Expedition 48 crew members aboard the International Space Station officially at 2:26 a.m. EDT July 9 when the hatches opened between their Soyuz MS-01 and the space station. Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams …

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    Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to New Home in Space

    The unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft

    The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 12:06 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 9, 254 statute miles over the South Pacific. Aboard the space station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will welcome NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of …

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    Watch NASA TV Tonight For Crew Arrival at Station

    Expedition 48-49 Crew Members

    Following 34 orbits around the Earth aboard their upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to dock to the International Space Station at 12:12 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 9. NASA Television coverage of docking to the Rassvet …

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    Science Ops Continue as Crew Waits for New Arrivals

    Lift-off of the Expedition 48-49 Crew

    A new set of Expedition 48 crew members is on its way to the International Space Station after launching Wednesday night (Thursday morning Baikonur time) aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft. The trio from Japan, Russia and the United States will arrive at their new home in space early Saturday morning for a four-month stay. Veteran …

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    Crew Launches for Two-Day Ride to Station

    The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launches

    The Soyuz MS-01 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday (7:36 a.m. Baikonur time, July 7). NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are now safely in orbit. This …

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    On NASA TV Now, Live Coverage of Station Crew Launch

    Kate Rubins and the Expedition 48-49 Crew

    The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch tonight, July 6. Live launch coverage will begin at 8:30 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace …

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    Launch Day Arrives for Three Expedition 48-49 Crew Members

    Expedition 48-49 crew members

    At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are preparing for launch to the International Space Station. They are scheduled to lift off in a Soyuz spacecraft today at 9:36 p.m. EDT (7:36 …

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