{"id":13070,"date":"2019-07-18T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/soyuz-crew-vehicle-arrives-at-launch-pad-in-kazakhstan\/"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:42:12","slug":"soyuz-crew-vehicle-arrives-at-launch-pad-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/soyuz-crew-vehicle-arrives-at-launch-pad-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Soyuz crew vehicle arrives at launch pad in Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LbCt2TkghPI\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan early Thursday in preparation for liftoff Saturday with a Russian commander, Italian flight engineer and U.S. astronaut heading for the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>The three-stage Soyuz-FG rocket rode a rail car from an assembly building to Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the same pad from which Yuri Gagarin launched on humanity\u2019s first voyage into space in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>Following a procedure executed hundreds of times at Launch Pad No. 1 since the dawn of the Space Age, the Soyuz booster rolled up to the launch complex Thursday, and an erector raised the rocket vertical over a flame bucket carved from the Kazakh steppe.<\/p>\n<p>Ground teams raised retractable service towers into position around the rocket, providing access to the vehicle for final preflight checkouts, and for the three-man crew set to ride the Soyuz into orbit Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39601\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39601\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313910187_5ed4c194f2_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313910187_5ed4c194f2_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313910187_5ed4c194f2_k-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313910187_5ed4c194f2_k-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313910187_5ed4c194f2_k-678x417.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters walk past the Soyuz rocket as the service structure arms are closed around it Thursday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian commander Alexander Skvortsov, Italian-born flight engineer Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan are set for liftoff at 1628:21 GMT (12:28:21 p.m. EDT) Saturday on top of the Soyuz rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The three crew members will ride into orbit inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft in pursuit of the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>The kerosene-fueled Soyuz booster will climb away from the barren Central Asia spaceport with more than 900,000 pounds of thrust. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:28:21 p.m. local time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz third stage will inject the spacecraft and crew into a preliminary orbit less than nine minutes after liftoff. After extending its solar arrays and navigation antennas, the Soyuz MS-13 spaceship will kick off a series of orbital adjustment maneuvers to reach the space station\u2019s altitude more than 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39602\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39602\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48206883022_7ade56e4be_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48206883022_7ade56e4be_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48206883022_7ade56e4be_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48206883022_7ade56e4be_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48206883022_7ade56e4be_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano pose outside the hatch of their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. Credit: Andrey Shelepin\/GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Docking with the aft port of the space station\u2019s Zvezda service module is scheduled for 2250 GMT (6:50 p.m. EDT) Saturday. Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan will float into the station a couple of hours later to boost the station crew size back to six, joining Expedition 60 commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch.<\/p>\n<p>Skvortsov will sit in the center seat of the Soyuz spacecraft. The 53-year-old cosmonaut is set to fly on his third space mission, following two expeditions on the space station in 2010 and 2014. Skvortsov, a former military fighter pilot who was born in the Moscow region, has logged 345 days in space on his previous two missions.<\/p>\n<p>Luca Parmitano is representing the European Space Agency and will occupy the left-hand seat of the Soyuz spacecraft, filling the role of primary flight engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Parmitano, 42, considers Catania, Sicily, as his hometown. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in political sciences from&nbsp;the University of Naples Federico II and holds a master\u2019s degree in&nbsp;experimental flight test engineering from the Institute Superieure de l\u2019Aeronautique et de l\u2019Espace in Toulouse, France. Parmitano served as a combat pilot and test pilot in the Italian Air Force before his selection as an ESA astronaut in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Parmitano\u2019s second mission to the space station, following a 166-day flight in 2013. Parmitano will become commander of the Expedition 61 crew on the station later this year.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Army Col. Drew Morgan, 43, is making his first trip into space after his selection to join NASA\u2019s astronaut corps in 2013. Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, to a military family, Morgan grew up at different locations across the United States and Great Britain and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor\u2019s degree in environmental engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan earned a medical degree in from the&nbsp;Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and deployed in support of combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Skvortsov and Parmitano are slated to spend 201 days in space before returning to Earth in their Soyuz MS-13 spaceship on Feb. 6, 2020. NASA flight engineer Christina Koch, who launched in March on a previous Soyuz mission, will also come home on the Soyuz MS-13 spaceship to conclude a 328-day expedition.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan will remain on the station until next April before returning to Earth with a Soyuz crew set for launch in September.<\/p>\n<p>More photos of Thursday\u2019s rollout are posted below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39605\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39605\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2571451004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2571451004.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2571451004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2571451004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2571451004-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39606\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39606\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5581419244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5581419244.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5581419244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5581419244-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5581419244-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39607\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39607\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313872982_b378ecea08_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313872982_b378ecea08_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313872982_b378ecea08_k-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313872982_b378ecea08_k-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313872982_b378ecea08_k-678x410.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39608\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39608\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2930738387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2930738387.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2930738387-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2930738387-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2930738387-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39609\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39609\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313875357_f127b08730_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313875357_f127b08730_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313875357_f127b08730_k-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313875357_f127b08730_k-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313875357_f127b08730_k-678x376.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39610\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39610\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313763006_d339eb51d7_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313763006_d339eb51d7_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313763006_d339eb51d7_k-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313763006_d339eb51d7_k-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313763006_d339eb51d7_k-678x386.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39611\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39611\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313764141_6a049661f6_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313764141_6a049661f6_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313764141_6a049661f6_k-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313764141_6a049661f6_k-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313764141_6a049661f6_k-678x457.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39612\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39612\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313765051_9d9834544a_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313765051_9d9834544a_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313765051_9d9834544a_k-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313765051_9d9834544a_k-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313765051_9d9834544a_k-678x411.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39613\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39613\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5999526202-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5999526202-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5999526202-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5999526202-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5999526202-2-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39614\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39614\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4919834651.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4919834651.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4919834651-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4919834651-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4919834651-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39615\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39615\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313769281_edcc6a1d60_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313769281_edcc6a1d60_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313769281_edcc6a1d60_k-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313769281_edcc6a1d60_k-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313769281_edcc6a1d60_k-678x250.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39616\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39616\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313770036_23a7f239db_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313770036_23a7f239db_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313770036_23a7f239db_k-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313770036_23a7f239db_k-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313770036_23a7f239db_k-678x341.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39617\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39617\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313891877_5fde767b32_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313891877_5fde767b32_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313891877_5fde767b32_k-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39618\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39618\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4415236545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4415236545.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4415236545-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4415236545-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4415236545-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39619\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39619\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313895092_2147fa5d5c_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313895092_2147fa5d5c_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313895092_2147fa5d5c_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313895092_2147fa5d5c_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313895092_2147fa5d5c_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39620\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39620\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4337766155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4337766155.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4337766155-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4337766155-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4337766155-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39621\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39621\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4994785414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4994785414.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4994785414-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4994785414-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4994785414-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39622\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39622\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5823288193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5823288193.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5823288193-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5823288193-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5823288193-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39623\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39623\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2756157839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2756157839.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2756157839-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2756157839-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2756157839-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39624\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39624\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4385598422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4385598422.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4385598422-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4385598422-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4385598422-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39625\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39625\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3280409865.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3280409865.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3280409865-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3280409865-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3280409865-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39626\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39626\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5531953920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5531953920.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5531953920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5531953920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5531953920-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39627\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39627\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4071776526.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4071776526.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4071776526-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4071776526-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4071776526-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39628\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39628\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313905607_1beb639eac_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313905607_1beb639eac_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/48313905607_1beb639eac_k-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39629\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39629\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4942167029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4942167029.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4942167029-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4942167029-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4942167029-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39630\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39630\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2950634930.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39633\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39633\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6189117287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6189117287.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6189117287-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6189117287-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6189117287-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39635\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2178619459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2178619459.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2178619459-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2178619459-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2178619459-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39636\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39636\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3771500213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3771500213.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3771500213-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39637\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39637\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193996463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193996463.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193996463-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193996463-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193996463-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Roscosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39638\" aria-desc \n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan early Thursday in preparation for liftoff Saturday with a Russian commander, Italian flight engineer and U.S. astronaut heading for the International Space Station. 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