{"id":52126,"date":"2020-04-09T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-459753"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:12:14","slug":"nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, 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\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 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\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.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\">The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. <strong>Credits: NASA\/GCTC\/Andrey Shelepin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christopher-j-cassidy\">Chris Cassidy<\/a> and two Russian cosmonauts arrived Thursday for their mission aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>, temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory\u2019s population to six people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft carrying Cassidy, along with Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, docked to the station\u2019s Poisk service module at 10:13 a.m. after a four-orbit, six-hour flight. Their Soyuz spacecraft launched at 4:05 a.m. EDT (1:05 p.m. Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/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\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, top, Chris Cassidy of NASA, center, and Anatoly Ivanishin\" 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\/04\/shl_4974.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_4974.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, top, Chris Cassidy of NASA, center, and Anatoly Ivanishin wave goodbye as they prepare to climb aboard the Soyuz MS-16 rocket at Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 9, 2020. They launched a short time later to the International Space Station for the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. <strong>Credits: NASA\/GCTC\/Andrey Shelepin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The trio is scheduled to open the hatches between their spacecraft and the space station and be welcomed aboard by NASA flight engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and Expedition 62 Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. 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 noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner will be part of the Expedition 62 crew for eight days. Cassidy, Morgan, and Meir will participate in a live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/news-conference-to-feature-nasa-astronauts-on-international-space-station\">media teleconference<\/a> on NASA TV and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">agency\u2019s website<\/a> at 10:45 a.m. Friday, April 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy will become Expedition 63 commander upon the departure of Skripochka, Morgan and Meir, who will return to Earth on Friday, April 17, on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, which will land in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A change of command ceremony with all six crew members is planned for 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, and will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the third spaceflight for Cassidy and Ivanishin and the first for Vagner, who are scheduled to return to Earth in October after a mission of more than six months during which they will conduct about 160 <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. Work on the unique microgravity laboratory advances scientific knowledge and demonstrates new technologies, making research breakthroughs that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration of the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew members of Expedition 63 are scheduled to be aboard the station to welcome the first commercial crew spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-l-behnken\">Bob Behnken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/douglas-g-hurley\">Doug Hurley<\/a>, who will arrive on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Demo-2 flight test, currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-invite-media-to-first-crew-launch-to-station-from-america-since-2011\">targeted to launch<\/a> in mid-to-late May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station\">almost 20 years<\/a>, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor, 239 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,800 research investigations from researchers in 108 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Cassidy on his space mission on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/astro_seal\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep up with research conducting in the unique laboratory on the International Space Station, at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/iss-science\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/iss-science<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ISS_Research<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get the latest space station crew news, images and features on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-4997<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nCourtney Beasley<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nCourtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts arrived Thursday for their mission aboard the International Space Station, temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory\u2019s population to six people. The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft carrying Cassidy, along with Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, docked to the station\u2019s Poisk service module at 10:13 [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53603,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"20-042","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"RELEASE","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[8368,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12372],"internal-terms":[12725,3915,9508,9505],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Expedition 62","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2020-04-09T18:02:00Z","datePublished":"2020-04-09T18:02:00Z","dateModified":"2023-08-17T15:12:14Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2020-04-09T18:02:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 62,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":4,"featured_image":{"id":53603,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shl_5284_1.jpg","title":"Expedition 63 Launch","alt":"The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020","caption":"The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. 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