{"id":52139,"date":"2020-10-14T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-465439"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:01:10","slug":"nasa-astronaut-kate-rubins-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-kate-rubins-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft launches at 1:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg 3062w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=768,478 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=1024,637 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=1536,955 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=2048,1273 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=400,249 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=600,373 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=900,560 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=1200,746 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-launch.jpg?resize=2000,1244 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos launches at 1:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 64 crew. <strong>Credits: NASA\/GCTC\/Andrey Shelepin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 64 crew arrives at the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2020\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=768,424 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=1024,565 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=1536,848 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=400,221 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=600,331 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=900,497 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/exp-64-arrival.jpg?resize=1200,663 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov arrive at the International Space Station in the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 4:48 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, as the space station passes over the Mediterranean Sea. <strong>Credits: NASA Television<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/kathleen-rubins\">Kate Rubins<\/a> and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> on Oct. 14, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary of uninterrupted human presence in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Docking of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft to the station\u2019s Rassvet module occurred at 4:48 a.m. EDT, after a two-orbit, three-hour flight, bringing Rubins, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov to the orbiting laboratory. The Soyuz spacecraft launched Wednesday at 1:45 a.m. (10:45 a.m. Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubins, Ryzhikov, and Kud-Sverchkov join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition63\/index.html\">Expedition 63<\/a> Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christopher-j-cassidy\">Chris Cassidy<\/a> of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, who have been aboard the complex since April. NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website will provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">live coverage<\/a> of the hatch opening beginning at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryzhikov will become the commander when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition64\/index.html\">Expedition 64<\/a> begins Wednesday, Oct. 21, with the departure of Cassidy, Vagner, and Ivanishin following their six-month stay. The change of command ceremony with all crew members is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 4:15 p.m. and will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second spaceflight for Rubins and Ryzhikov and the first for Kud-Sverchkov, who will live and work aboard the outpost for six months. The trio will conduct research in technology development, Earth science, biology, human research and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Rubins\u2019 first spaceflight in 2016, she became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/dna_sequencing\">first person to sequence DNA in space<\/a>. Rubins earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego, and a doctorate in cancer biology from Stanford University\u2019s Medical School Biochemistry Department and Microbiology and Immunology Department, Palo Alto, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research conducted in microgravity helps NASA prepare for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars and contributes to improvements for life on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Expedition 64, the crew will grow by four more members with the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-spacex-to-launch-first-commercial-crew-rotation-mission-to-international-space-station\">Crew-1<\/a> aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon on the first operational commercial mission to the space station, returning the capability to regularly launch humans from America for the first time since retirement of the space shuttle program in 2011. Crew-1 is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2020\/10\/10\/nasa-spacex-crew-1-launch-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted for launch<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the International Space Station approaches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station20\">the 20th anniversary<\/a> of continuous human presence, astronauts continue to test technologies, perform science and develop the skills needed to explore farther from Earth aboard the orbiting laboratory. As a global endeavor, 241 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity destination that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Rubins during her space mission on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAAstronauts\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nasaastronauts\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about space station activities by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/space_station\" rel=\"noopener\">@space_station<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">@ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener\"> ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ISS\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">space station blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nLeah Cheshier<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nleah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 14, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary of uninterrupted human presence in space. 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