{"id":18118,"date":"2019-03-14T19:57:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T11:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/months-after-aborted-flight-u-s-russian-crew-makes-smooth-trip-to-space-station\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T19:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T11:57:03","slug":"months-after-aborted-flight-u-s-russian-crew-makes-smooth-trip-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/months-after-aborted-flight-u-s-russian-crew-makes-smooth-trip-to-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_486048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486048\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-486048\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/190314-soyuz3-630x438.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz liftoff\" width=\"630\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/190314-soyuz3-630x438.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/190314-soyuz3-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/190314-soyuz3-1260x876.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/190314-soyuz3.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-486048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo \/ Bill Ingalls)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months after their first trip went awry.<\/p>\n<p>The two spacefliers were due to join the station\u2019s crew last October, but as they were ascending from Russia\u2019s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, one of their Soyuz rocket\u2019s side boosters knocked into the main core, causing a rare abort and activation of the Soyuz capsule\u2019s escape system.<\/p>\n<p>The capsule was thrown clear of the rocket, and Hague and Ovchinin made a safe but rather rocky ballistic landing. It took weeks to track down the cause of the anomaly \u2014 a bent sensor \u2014 and ensure that the anomaly wouldn\u2019t reoccur.<\/p>\n<p>It took months more to get the pair back into the flight rotation. Today\u2019s trouble-free launch from Baikonur sent them into space in the company of a third crew member, rookie NASA astronaut Christina Koch.<\/p>\n<p>Six hours later, the trio arrived at the space station and joined three crewmates who have been living on the station since December: NASA\u2019s Anne McClain, Canada\u2019s David Saint-Jacques and Russia\u2019s Oleg Kononenko.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Hatch Opened! New Crew Enters Space Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AY-vDvlc3oA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During a space-to-ground video conference with friends and family in Baikonur, Hague said \u201cthis flight was infinitely better than the last one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koch\u2019s husband, Bob Koch, told her that her \u201cspace face\u201d looked adorable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t even seen my space face yet, so we\u2019ll see,\u201d Koch replied.<\/p>\n<p>When astronauts start their stints on the space station, more blood tends to pool in the upper body due to the lack of gravity. That often gives a newly arrived spaceflier\u2019s face a filled-out or puffy appearance. The effect subsides as the body adjusts to microgravity.<\/p>\n<p>Koch\u2019s first trip into space will mark a first in space history: She and McClain are scheduled to take on the world\u2019s first all-women spacewalk on March 29, to replace batteries fed by the station\u2019s solar arrays.<\/p>\n<p>At Mission Control in Houston, lead flight director Mary Lawrence, lead flight controller Jackie Kagey and Canadian flight controller Kristen Facciol will round out the spacewalk team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo \/ Bill Ingalls) NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months after their first trip went awry. 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