Mar 14, 2019 08:29 PM
It just went from Kazakhstan and is now successfully in orbit, pursuing the Space Station.
It contains three astronauts. Two of them are the same astronauts whose booster came apart a few months ago, a Russian and an American. A third astronaut, an American woman, was added for this flight.
A video of the launch might be available on NASA TV
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
Christina Koch (US) She has two BS degrees from North Carolina State, in Physics and Electrical Engineering, plus an MSEE. (She's earned her nerd glasses!) Before joining NASA in 2013 she worked for NOAA where she was their station chief in American Samoa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin (Russia) Diplomas from a couple of Higher Military Pilot Schools, plus a career as a military pilot instructor and eventually commander of something called the 70th Separate Test Training Aviation Regiment of Special Purpose (OITAPON) before becoming a cosmonaut. He's a space veteran, having already spent 172 days in space on earlier space flights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Ovchinin
Nick Hague (US) BS in Aerospace Engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. He's also a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. He has worked on various advanced projects, he did a tour in Iraq where he again worked on testing experimental airborne reconnaissance technologies in the field, and has taught classes at the USAF Academy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hague
Both Ovchinin and Hague were aboard that Soyuz capsule whose booster came apart a few months ago, barely escaping with their lives. They're both bad-ass test pilots though, so they can take it.
It contains three astronauts. Two of them are the same astronauts whose booster came apart a few months ago, a Russian and an American. A third astronaut, an American woman, was added for this flight.
A video of the launch might be available on NASA TV
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
Christina Koch (US) She has two BS degrees from North Carolina State, in Physics and Electrical Engineering, plus an MSEE. (She's earned her nerd glasses!) Before joining NASA in 2013 she worked for NOAA where she was their station chief in American Samoa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin (Russia) Diplomas from a couple of Higher Military Pilot Schools, plus a career as a military pilot instructor and eventually commander of something called the 70th Separate Test Training Aviation Regiment of Special Purpose (OITAPON) before becoming a cosmonaut. He's a space veteran, having already spent 172 days in space on earlier space flights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Ovchinin
Nick Hague (US) BS in Aerospace Engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. He's also a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. He has worked on various advanced projects, he did a tour in Iraq where he again worked on testing experimental airborne reconnaissance technologies in the field, and has taught classes at the USAF Academy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hague
Both Ovchinin and Hague were aboard that Soyuz capsule whose booster came apart a few months ago, barely escaping with their lives. They're both bad-ass test pilots though, so they can take it.