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NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station

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Friday, April 17, 2020
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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
  • During her first spaceflight, Meir conducted the first three all-woman spacewalks with crewmate Christina Koch of NASA, totaling 21 hours and 44 minutes.
  • Skripochka will board a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft in Baikonur to return to his home in Star City, Russia.
  • The crew members of Expedition 63 are scheduled to be aboard the station to welcome NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley ,the first astronauts to launch from American soil to the space station since 2011, on NASA's upcoming SpaceX Demo-2 flight test.

NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

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Thursday, April 9, 2020
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WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts arrived Thursday for their mission aboard the International Space Station , temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory's population to six people.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts arrived Thursday for their mission aboard the International Space Station , temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory's population to six people.
  • The trio is scheduled to open the hatches between their spacecraft and the space station and be welcomed aboard by NASA flight engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir and Expedition 62 Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos.
  • NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live coverage of the hatch opening beginning at noon.
  • Keep up with research conducting in the unique laboratory on the International Space Station, at:

News Conference to Feature NASA Astronauts on International Space Station

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Thursday, April 2, 2020
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WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Three NASA astronauts will participate in a live media teleconference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, April 10.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Three NASA astronauts will participate in a live media teleconference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, April 10.
  • Expedition 62 flight engineers Chris Cassidy , Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan will be available to answer questions from orbit.
  • Meir and Expedition 62 commander Oleg Skripochka launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2019 .
  • Cassidy and his Expedition 63 crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch and arrive at the space station Thursday, April 9.

Media Invited to News Conference, Interviews with Next Space Station Crew

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Monday, July 8, 2019
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The crew will be available for in-person and remote media interviews following the conference.

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  • The crew will be available for in-person and remote media interviews following the conference.
  • Meir, Skripochka and Almansoori are scheduled to launch Sept. 25 aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • Once aboard the space station, they will join six other crew members: NASA astronauts Nick Hague , Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan ; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Alexey Ovchinin.
  • Meir, Skripochka and Almansoori will join Koch and Morgan during their extended stays on the space station to support research on the effects of long-duration human spaceflight.