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Four astronauts are strapped into the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" ready to take a trip to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover , Mike Hopkins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi are part of the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. IMAGES
A Soyuz-MS 02 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, bound for the International Space Station. The spacecraft is carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, Kazakh cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough, who will spend four months aboard the ISS to conduct experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science before returning home in February.
US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 70-71 main crew, bid farewell to their relatives and visitors gathered ahead of the launch from the Russian leased Baikonur facility, in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
The International Space Station's hatch opens for the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, welcoming four astronautsm Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and Matthias Maurer. They are kicking off a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost. IMAGES
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off with four astronauts on the "Crew-3" mission to the International Space Station, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. IMAGES
The Crew Dragon capsule undocks from the International Space Station as the four members of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission begin their return journey to Earth. IMAGES
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