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<\/a>The next rocket that will launch NASA\u2019s Nick Hague<\/a> and Roscosmos\u2019 Alexey Ovchinin <\/a>to the International Space Station<\/a> stands ready at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The duo will liftoff atop the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Thursday at 4:40 a.m. EDT for a six-hour ride to their new home in space.<\/p>\n Hague and Ovchinin have been in final preparations at the launch site for two weeks of fit checks, Soyuz tests, procedure reviews and other traditional activities. This will be Hague\u2019s first flight and Ovchinin\u2019s second to the orbital lab.<\/p>\n Three Expedition 57<\/a> crew members aboard the space station await their new crewmates. Commander Alexander Gerst<\/a> and Flight Engineers Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> and Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> will greet the new duo Thursday when they aim to dock at 10:44 a.m. and open the Soyuz hatch around 1:10 p.m.<\/p>\n In the meantime, the orbiting trio today continued juggling a variety of science to improve life on Earth and maintenance to keep the station in tip-top shape. Gerst set up a microscope to observe the structure of protein molecules<\/a>. Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor brought in a small satellite deployer from outside the Kibo laboratory module after it deployed three CubeSats on Monday. Prokopyev worked on computers and life support gear throughout the station\u2019s Russian segment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The next rocket that will launch NASA\u2019s Nick Hague<\/a> and Roscosmos\u2019 Alexey Ovchinin <\/a>to the International Space Station<\/a> stands ready at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The duo will liftoff atop the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Thursday at 4:40 a.m. EDT for a six-hour ride to their new home in space.<\/p>\n Hague and Ovchinin have been in final preparations at the launch site for two weeks of fit checks, Soyuz tests, procedure reviews and other traditional activities. This will be Hague\u2019s first flight and Ovchinin\u2019s second to the orbital lab.<\/p>\n Three Expedition 57<\/a> crew members aboard the space station await their new crewmates. Commander Alexander Gerst<\/a> and Flight Engineers Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> and Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> will greet the new duo Thursday \u2026 Continue reading
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\nISS<\/p>\nRocket Rolls Out to Launch New Crew on Thursday<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a>At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, launch pad gantry arms are seen closing around the Soyuz rocket in this long exposure photograph, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. <\/p>\n