NASA launches Expedition 47 to International Space Station

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NASA launches Expedition 47 to International Space Station

A Soyuz TMA-20M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, carrying NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams and two cosmonauts to the Internat...

Federal News Network Staff

March 21, 2016 8:25 am

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Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos presses his hand up to the glass while in quarantine to say farewell to his family, just prior to launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

*(GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)*

NASA launches Expedition 47 to International Space Station

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