Expedition 25

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.

NASA Coverage Set for Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Flight to Space Station

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Monday, April 6, 2020

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A trio of space travelers, including NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy , is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 9.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A trio of space travelers, including NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy , is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 9.
  • NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live coverage of the crew's launch and arrival at the orbiting laboratory.
  • The four-orbit, six-hour journey to the space station will be the third flight for Cassidy and Ivanishin and the first for Vagner.
  • Meir and Skripochka launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft onSept.

NASA Television to Air Launch of NASA Astronaut on First Space Mission

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Friday, October 5, 2018

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Astronaut Nick Hague , who joined NASA's astronaut corps in 2013, is preparing to launch Thursday, Oct. 11, on his first space mission a six-month stay on the International Space Station .

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Astronaut Nick Hague , who joined NASA's astronaut corps in 2013, is preparing to launch Thursday, Oct. 11, on his first space mission a six-month stay on the International Space Station .
  • The launch and arrival at the space station will air on NASA Television and the agency's website .
  • Complete coverage of launch and docking activities are as follows:
    Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 9, video of the crew's prelaunch activities in Baikonur will air on NASA TV leading up to the launch.
  • The crew members of Expedition 57 will continue work on hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the International Space Station, humanity's only permanently occupied microgravity laboratory.