This Week at NASA: New Crew Launches to the ISS and More
This Week at NASA.
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On September 25, Eastern time, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and his Expedition 41/42 crewmates, Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency, launched to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
They arrived six hours later and were welcomed by the crew onboard the station, including NASA’s Reid Wiseman. Expedition 41/42 will spend about five-and-a-half months on the ISS. Also, Clinton Global Initiative, SpaceX Dragon arrives at ISS, MAVEN’s first Mars images, Curiosity drills at Mt. Sharp, New aeronautics technologies and more.
