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Added on the 15/03/2019 02:24:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A ISS-bound Soyuz rocket carrying Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergei Korsakov takes off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission astronauts arrive at the Kennedy Space Center. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, are scheduled to head to the International Space Station on April 22. IMAGES
Four astronauts are strapped into the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" ready to take a trip to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover , Mike Hopkins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi are part of the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. IMAGES
A three-man crew blasts off to the International Space Station, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA's Chris Cassidy launched at 08:05 GMT from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 has changed pre-launch protocol. IMAGES
A Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts arrive at the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, five months after the failed launch of a rocket carrying two of the passengers. IMAGES