Preparing for life aboard the International Space Station
In short: Meet the three astronauts and cosmonauts set to launch for Expedition 49. This video covers a recent news conference detailing their upcoming journey to the ISS.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov shared details about their mission during a July 7 news conference at the Johnson Space Center. The crew is scheduled to depart from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 23 aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft.
The mission will see the trio complete Expedition 49 before they return to Earth in February as members of the Expedition 50 crew.
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