{"id":52118,"date":"2018-12-03T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-436811"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:14:27","slug":"nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-and-crewmates-arrive-aboard-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-and-crewmates-arrive-aboard-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard 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\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018\" 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\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/31222480597_93d5f3fe7c_k.jpg?resize=2000,1333 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\">A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, Baikonur time, carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Aubrey Gemignani<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three crew members are adjusting to life on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">International Space Station<\/a> after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soyuz carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/anne-c-mcclain\/\">Anne McClain<\/a> of NASA, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/astronauts\/canadian\/active\/bio-david-saint-jacques.asp\" rel=\"noopener\">David Saint-Jacques<\/a> of the Canadian Space Agency, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=3304\" rel=\"noopener\">Oleg Konenenko<\/a> of Roscosmos launched at 6:31 a.m. EST (5:31 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. McClain, Saint-Jacques and Konenenko docked to the space station\u2019s Poisk module at 12:33 p.m. after a four-orbit, six-hour journey, and opened the hatch between the two spacecraft at 2:37 p.m.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrival briefly restores the station\u2019s crew complement to six as they join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/serena-m-aunon-chancellor\">Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> of NASA, Expedition 57 Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Astronauts\/Alexander_Gerst\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Gerst<\/a> of ESA (European Space Agency) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=201\" rel=\"noopener\">Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor, Gerst and Prokopyev are scheduled to remain aboard the station until Dec. 20. Expedition 58 officially begins once the three departing spacefarers undock from the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClain, Saint-Jacques and Konenenko will spend more than six months conducting hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/index.html\">science investigations<\/a> in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development, providing the foundation for continuing human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Some of the investigations they will conduct are sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iss-casis.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. National Laboratory<\/a> on the space station, which Congress designated in 2005 to maximize its use for improving quality of life on Earth. Highlights of upcoming investigations include experiments in <a href=\"https:\/\/iss-science.jsc.nasa.gov\/investigation_detail.cfm?investigationsid=2905\" rel=\"noopener\">forest observation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2018\/nasa-to-launch-new-refueling-mission-helping-spacecraft-live-longer-and-journey-farther\">robotic refueling<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/iss-science.jsc.nasa.gov\/investigation_detail.cfm?investigationsid=2897\" rel=\"noopener\">satellite deployment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\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\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 58 crew members in front of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft\" 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\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg 5074w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jsc2018e098089.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The crew is scheduled to be onboard during the first test flights of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/commercial\/crew\/index.html\">NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/a>, which will return human spaceflight launches to U.S. soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the station will again return to a full complement of six crew members when they are joined for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-set-for-new-space-station-mission-after-abort\">Expedition 59<\/a> by NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\">Nick Hague<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Koch<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gctc.ru\/main.php?id=196\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexey Ovchinin<\/a> of Roscosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first spaceflight for both McClain and Saint-Jacques and the fourth trip to the space station for Kononenko. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClain, a native of Spokane, Washington, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. As a senior army aviator, she has logged more than 2,000 hours in 20 different rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She earned a master\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Bath, England, and a master\u2019s degree in international relations from the University of Bristol, also in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than 18 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration to the Moon and Mars. A global endeavor, more than 200 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,500 research investigations from researchers in 106 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow McClain on her space mission at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstroAnnimal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by AstroAnnimal<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by Space_Station<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by ISS_Research<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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 \/>\nGary Jordan<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ngary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday. The Soyuz carrying Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Konenenko of Roscosmos launched at 6:31 a.m. EST (5:31 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 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