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    New Crew Midway to Station Before Spacewalk and Cargo Ops

    Soyuz MS-08 Launch

    Three new Expedition 55 crew members are set to begin their mission aboard the International Space Station when they dock to the Poisk module Friday at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev are midway through their flight inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft that launched Wednesday at 1:44 …

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    New Crew Blasts Off to Join Station on Friday

    The Soyuz Rocket Launches

    The Soyuz MS-08 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are safely in orbit on their way to the International Space Station. The trio will orbit Earth for approximately …

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    Countdown Under Way as Crew Preps for Launch Today

    The Expedition 55-56 crew

    Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are making final preparations for their journey to the International Space Station. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are set to launch in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). …

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    Crew Ready for Launch as Station Preps for Spacewalk and Dragon Mission

    Expedition 55-56 crew members

    A Soyuz rocket stands at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ready to blast off Wednesday with three Expedition 55-56 crew members to the International Space Station. In the following two weeks the expanded Expedition 55 crew will conduct a spacewalk and welcome a new SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. Today, NASA astronauts …

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    Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out at T-Minus Two Days to Launch

    The Soyuz rocket is raised into a vertical position

    A pair of U.S. astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut are just two days away from launching on a 50-hour, 34-orbit flight to the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will flank Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft and blast off Wednesday at 1:44 p.m. EDT from the Baikonur …

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    While launch awaits, the science does not

    Expedition 55 Prime and Backup Crew Pose in Front of Soyuz Model

    As the International Space Station orbits Earth with three occupants already onboard, on the ground below in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, three more crewmates are engaged in activities leading up to a March 21 liftoff on a Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft to join them. (You can watch this launch live on NASA TV, with coverage beginning at 12:45 …

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    Station Orbiting Higher Ahead of New Crew and Cargo Missions

    The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft is rotated to a horizontal position

    One week from today three individuals will blast off on a two-day trip to the International Space Station. They will join the three Expedition 55 crew members already in space who continue to research the effects of living in space while maintaining the orbital laboratory. The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry one cosmonaut and two …

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    Spacewalk and cargo preps punctuated with media outreach

    Flight Engineers Norishige Kanai and Scott Tingle

    It’s a new day in space aboard the International Space Station, and three Expedition 55 crew members are prepping for an upcoming spacewalk and cargo-transfer activities while also sharing the wonders of our orbiting laboratory. March 29 is the target date of the next U.S. spacewalk. To begin preparations for the excursion, the crew swapped …

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    Investigations this week set the stage for longer missions in space

    Image of vegetation in VEGGIE facility

    Kicking off the new week, the Expedition 55 crew aboard the International Space Station continued studies evaluating crew health, performance and sustainability for long-duration space missions. For one such investigation, a crewmate set up Neuromapping hardware to perform tests for Flight Day 90, conducting strapped in and free-floating body configurations. This experiment studies whether long …

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    Plant and Flame Studies Alongside Plumbing, Life Support Work

    Baja California and the northwestern coast of Mexico

    Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 55 crew continued exploring how plants adapt to gravity and began preparing for a suite of combustion experiments. The trio is also continuing the maintenance of the station’s life support systems and its microgravity science operations. NASA astronaut Scott Tingle put his green thumb to work today supporting …

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