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Added on the 23/04/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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
SpaceX launches a Dragon capsule for a NASA mission to the International Space Station, carrying Americans Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as Italian Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency. 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
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission astronauts arrive at the Kennedy Space Center. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, are scheduled to head to the International Space Station on April 22. IMAGES
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley cross over into the International Space Station after the hatch was opened between the ISS and the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. They are the first US astronauts to arrive on an American spacecraft in nine years. IMAGES