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Soyuz MS-02 Spacecraft Encapsulated in its Fairing

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Sep 16, 2016
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Soyuz MS-02 Spacecraft Encapsulated in its Fairing
Soyuz MS-02 Spacecraft Encapsulated in its Fairing

NHQ201609150025 (9/15/2016) — The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, encapsulated in its fairing, is raised back into a vertical position on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)