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Expedition 39 back on solid ground

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin are back on solid ground after bidding farewell to the Expedition 40 crew and safely returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft. The trio…

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Expedition 40 41 Crew Conducts News Conference and Traditional Ceremonies in Russia’s Red Square

Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and their backups, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Terry Virts of NASA and Samantha Cristoforetti of the…

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Expedition 40/41 Crew Undergoes Final Training Outside Moscow

Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and their backups, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Terry Virts of NASA and Samantha Cristoforetti of the…

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Expedition 38 Discusses Experience in Space

Following the safe return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft of Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, thoughts were shared about their time on orbit and safe return to Earth…

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Expedition 39 40 Crew Meets Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches

Expedition 39/40 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on March 25, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…

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Expedition 39 40 Crew Opens Hatch to the International Space Station

A few hours after docking their Soyuz TMA-12M, Skvortsov, Expedition 39/40 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos opened the hatches and were greeted by station…

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Expedition 39 40 Crew Docks to the Space Station

After launching in their Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos arrived at the…

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Expedition 39 40 Launches to the International Space Station

Expedition 39/40 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on March 25, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…

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