Tag: Andrei Babkin
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Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew
File photo of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin before a launch to the International Space Station in July 2016. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Citing medical reasons, Russia’s space agency announced Wednesday that it is replacing two cosmonauts who were scheduled to fly on the next Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April with backup crew…
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Next three-man Soyuz crew training to have space station to themselves
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy prepares for a spacewalk training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Credit: NASA/James Blair The next three-man crew to launch on a Soyuz rocket — comprising two Russian cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut — is training to have the International Space Station to themselves after their arrival at…