A trio of Russian cosmonauts will launch to the International Space Station on Friday
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov will launch aboard a Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan around 11:55 a.m. ET. The crew's launch and trip to the space station, which should take just over three hours, will be streamed live on NASA's website. It's the first spaceflight for Matveev and Korsakov, and the trio will spend the next six and a half months aboard the space station.
Are they aware of what's going on Earth? Absolutely. Astronauts and cosmonauts are some of the most professional groups you'll ever see. They continue to operate well, and there's really no tension with the team. This is what they've been trained to do and they're up there doing that job."Returning to EarthOn March 30, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is set to return to Earth alongside Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov.
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