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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is close to reaching the half-way point of a year-long mission on the International Space Station, designed to help scientists better understand the effects of longer spaceflights on the human body. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrives at the International Space Station on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. The team is welcomed with hugs by the seven crew members already aboard the ISS. IMAGES
The first all-civilian crew to be sent into Earth's orbit enters the Dragon Crew capsule atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is launching from NASA's Kennedy Center in Florida. Chris Sembroski, Dr Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux ride Tesla vehicles to the launch pad and take in the view before getting strapped into the capsule. 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
Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency bid farewell to their relatives ahead of the launch of the first manned space mission to the International Space Station since an unprecedented accident in October. IMAGES