16 November 2016
Proxima mission to the ISS ready for launch tomorrow
On Thursday 17th November, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky will head to the International Space Station on a two day flight aboard a Soyuz rocket that has blasted ...
21 October 2016
Soyuz MS-02/48S successfully docks with the ISS
... members of Expedition 48/49 will depart the ISS, leaving Kimbrough as commander of Expedition 50. Expedition 50/51 astronauts Oleg Novitsky, Thomas Pesquet and Peggy Whitson are expected to arrive on November 15 th. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov and Borisenko...
September 2017
Spaceflight studies support geriatric health on Earth
... months in space. He returned to Earth in June 2017, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky. Could such physical activity programmes carried out by astronauts in space be used during bedrest immobilization in older...
06 October 2021
Russian crew arrives at ISS to film first movie in orbit
... by two Russian, a French, a Japanese and three NASA astronauts. "Welcome to the International Space Station," Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky tweeted from the ISS. The crew travelled in a Soyuz MS-19 spaceship to film scenes for "The Challenge". The...
