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 Jeff Williams of NASA gives a thumbs up while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

*(NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)*

NASA launches Expedition 47 to International Space Station

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