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Expedition 51 Crew Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 52

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Two New Crew Members Arrive at International Space Station

After a six-hour flight, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos arrived at the International Space Station at 9:18 a.m. EDT Thursday where they will continue important scientific research.
The two launched aboard a Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:13 a.m. (1:13 p.m. Baikonur time), orbited Earth four times, and docked at the space station.
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Expedition 51-52 Crew Meets Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches

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At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 51-52 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA along with their backups, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscomos and Randy Bresnik of NASA appeared before the Russian State Commission April 19 as officials gave their final approval for the launch of Yurchikhin and Fischer to the International Space Station April 20 in their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission. After the State Commission meeting, the crew members conducted a news conference with reporters attending the launch

Expedition 51-52 Prepares for Launch in Kazakhstan

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