Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Soyuz MS-09 launched today!

Soyuz MS-09 crew (L-R): Sergey Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor

Mission patch

Soyuz MS-09 launched this morning, taking the crew members of Expedition 56-57 to the International Space Station.  Its crew is Commander Sergey Prokopyev (Roscosmos), Alexander Gerst (ESA and only non-rookie) and Serena M. Aunon-Chancellor (NASA and second Hispanic woman in space).

They will join Andrew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev and Richard Arnold already aboard the ISS for the second part of Expedition 56.  The crew of Soyuz MS-09 will remain on board until December.


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