{"id":15066,"date":"2016-11-18T22:43:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-station-crew-suits-up-blasts-off-on-soyuz-rocket\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T22:43:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:43:54","slug":"photos-station-crew-suits-up-blasts-off-on-soyuz-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-station-crew-suits-up-blasts-off-on-soyuz-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Station crew suits up, blasts off on Soyuz rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, French-born European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson put on their Sokol spacesuits, boarded their Soyuz capsule and blasted into orbit Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>The trio began a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST) Thursday, or 2:20 a.m. local time Friday on a frigid night at Baikonur.<\/p>\n<p>Read our full story for details.<\/p>\n<p>A launch video replay from Roscosmos and launch day images from Russian and U.S. photographers are posted below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LjPtx25JSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20092\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20092\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4155402832.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4155402832.jpg 667w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4155402832-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20091\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20091\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3776625021.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3776625021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3776625021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3776625021-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20090\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20090\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3606121985.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3606121985.jpg 667w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3606121985-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20089\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20089\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4020903626.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4020903626.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4020903626-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4020903626-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20088\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20088\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2949963697.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"676\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2949963697.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2949963697-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2949963697-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20087\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20087\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3320437553.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3320437553.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3320437553-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3320437553-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20086\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20086\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3075583905.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3075583905.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3075583905-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3075583905-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20085\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20085\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2479499923.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2479499923.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2479499923-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2479499923-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20084\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20084\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5330955682.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5330955682.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5330955682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5330955682-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20083\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20083\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5863203100.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5863203100.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5863203100-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5863203100-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20082\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20082\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4378614232.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"676\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4378614232.jpg 667w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/4378614232-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20093\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20093\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032341856_389e92e8c3_k.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032341856_389e92e8c3_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032341856_389e92e8c3_k-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20094\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20094\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31068115625_1bfcfe715c_k.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31068115625_1bfcfe715c_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31068115625_1bfcfe715c_k-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20095\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20095\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3583183243.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3583183243.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3583183243-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3583183243-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20096\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20096\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925791982_d5a00bbc0d_k.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925791982_d5a00bbc0d_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925791982_d5a00bbc0d_k-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20097\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20097\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032372566_b0d19a0576_k.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032372566_b0d19a0576_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31032372566_b0d19a0576_k-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20098\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20098\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/6218141859.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/6218141859.jpg 667w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/6218141859-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20099\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20099\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31064399715_baeb50a04a_k-2.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31064399715_baeb50a04a_k-2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31064399715_baeb50a04a_k-2-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20100\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20100\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925795722_d7b5296d9c_k.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls\" width=\"675\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925795722_d7b5296d9c_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30925795722_d7b5296d9c_k-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20101\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20101\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5039655047.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: GCTC\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5039655047.jpg 667w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5039655047-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: GCTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, French-born European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson put on their Sokol spacesuits, boarded their Soyuz capsule and blasted into orbit Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio began a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1601,831,3292,3293,1545,717,1882,1078],"class_list":["post-15066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-baikonur-cosmodrome","tag-european-space-agency","tag-expedition-50","tag-expedition-51","tag-human-spaceflight","tag-international-space-station","tag-oleg-novitskiy","tag-peggy-whitson"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}