Still Waters Posted April 9, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 9, 2020 A U.S.-Russian space crew blasted off Thursday to the International Space Station following a tight quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos' Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner lifted off as scheduled at 1:05 p.m. (0805 GMT, 4:05 a.m. EDT) from the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is set to dock at the station six hours later. Russian space officials have taken extra precautions to protect the crew during training and pre-flight preparations as the coronavirus outbreak has swept the world. Speaking to journalists Wednesday in a video link from Baikonur, Cassidy said the crew had been in "a very strict quarantine" for the past month and is in good health. https://phys.org/news/2020-04-us-russian-crew-blasts-international-space.html 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 9, 2020 #2 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Dang Russians are taking this social distancing thing a bit too far... ~ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted April 10, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted April 10, 2020 They've arrived: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-52239509/coronavirus-astronauts-arrive-at-iss-after-long-quarantine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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