{"id":509608,"date":"2023-09-15T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=509608"},"modified":"2024-02-28T20:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T01:37:42","slug":"nasa-astronaut-crewmates-reach-space-station-for-science-expedition","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-reach-space-station-for-science-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Reach Space Station for Science Expedition"},"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\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Soyuz rocket is launched with Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.\" 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\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/53189631208_a9abfb7da5_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Soyuz rocket is launched with Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut\" rel=\"noopener\">Loral O\u2019Hara<\/a> and two cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying O\u2019Hara, as well as Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos, docked to the station\u2019s Rassvet module at 2:53 p.m. EDT. Docking occurred about three hours after the crew\u2019s 11:44 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hara, Kononenko, and Chub will join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition69\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Expedition 69<\/a> crew when hatches open at 5:10 p.m. O\u2019Hara, who is beginning a six-month stay aboard the orbital outpost, and Kononenko and Chub, who will both spend a year on the orbital outpost will work on science and research in technology development, Earth science, biology, and human research for the benefit of all. This marks the first spaceflight for O\u2019Hara, the fifth for Kononenko, and the first for Chub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 70 will begin Wednesday, Sept. 27, following the departure of record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin. Rubio recently broke the record for longest single spaceflight by an American. Following a yearlong stay aboard the orbiting laboratory, the trio will land in Kazakhstan on Sept. 27, at which point Rubio will have spent a total of 371 days in space\u2014the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about space station activities at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lora Bleacher<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov\">lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nSandra Jones<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara and two cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming 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