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Expedition 48 Launch (Soyuz MS-01)

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Expedition 48 Launch (Soyuz MS-01)

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#OTD 2016 - Visitors to Baikonur are greeted by a monument known by some as “Rybak” (the fisherman), which welcomes visitors with a brag describing the size of fish he caught in the nearby Syr Darya River others see it as a cosmonaut in space, Sunday, July 3, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three spent approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October of 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) @nasa #baikonur #expedition48 #expedition49 #billingalls #baykonur #Космодром #Байқоңыр #Қазақстан #fstoppers @roscosmosofficial @gctc_official @nasaastronauts #Kazakhstan #KateRubins #AnatolyIvanishin #TakuyaOnishi #大西卓也 #Анатолийиванишин #NHQ201607030108 (at Baykonur) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzdMlUKFPC3/?igshid=lm8sfczd4fmm

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The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 (Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) @nasa @roscosmosofficial @gctc_official #billingalls #expedition48 @astro_jeffw #kazakhstan #zhezkazgan #soyuz #landing 🚀🚀🚀🚀

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Expedition 48 crewmembers Jeff Williams and Kate Reubins are now at PMA-2, installing IDA-2 to the space station. The IDA was positioned Wednesday night, and the spacewalkers egressed from the Quest airlock at 8:05am EDT this morning.

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Russia’s latest version of its venerable Soyuz spacecraft - the MS series - is set for its inaugural flight July 6. Soyuz MS-01 will transport the Expedition 4/49 crew to the International Space Station.

The new MS series incorporates improved communications and navigation equipment, allowing Soyuz to remain in contact with ground stations up to 70% of its orbit - twice longer than its previous versions.

Launch is scheduled for 9:36pm EDT July 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.