Friday Launch: Next Station Crew Set for ISS with NASA Astronaut and Two Russians
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Friday. After docking, they will join the station crew for a six-month space research mission. Meanwhile, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin are preparing for their return to Earth on September 27. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio will also set up crew quarters for O'Hara before her arrival.