Watch Next Space Station Crew Launch Live on NASA TV, NASA App
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Monday, April 5, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei , are poised to launch Friday, April 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station .
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- WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei , are poised to launch Friday, April 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station .
- NASA Television, the agency's website , and the NASA app will provide comprehensive prelaunch and launch-to-docking coverage.
- The launch comes three days before the 60th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's launch to become the first human in space and the 40th anniversary of the first launch of NASA's space shuttle.
- Video of the crew's pre-launch activities in Baikonur will air on NASA TV in the days preceding launch, beginning Monday, April 5.