Fwd: Three new crews to ISS announced

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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: February 13, 2015 at 7:57:39 AM CST
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Subject: FW: Three new crews to ISS announced

 

Three new crews to ISS announced

February 13, 13:12 UTC+3

 

The new crews will head for the ISS in May, September and November 2016

 

MOSCOW, February 13. TASS NASA has announced three new international crews for the International Space Station (ISS).

 

In accordance with the decision of a joint commission, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, US astronaut Kate Rubins and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi will go to the ISS in May 2016.

 

In September 2016, the mission to the ISS will include Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough. In November 2016, Russian Oleg Novitsky, US Peggy Whitson and European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet will follow suit.

 

At the moment, the ISS crew consists of Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokrutyaev, Elena Serova and Anton Shkaplerov, US astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts, and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

 

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