Space station launch: Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut depart Earth Friday

Space station launch: Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut depart Earth Friday

Russian space agency Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will launch to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday.

The launch, docking and arrival of the new crew on the space station will air live on NASA’s TV channel and website. Launch is expected at 3:42 a.m. ET.

The crew will dock to the station at 7:07 a.m. ET, and the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the station will open around 9 a.m. ET.

This speedy trip to the space station, which includes two orbits of Earth and about three hours of travel…

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