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Expedition 41/42 Crew Enters the International Space Station for the First Time – Video

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Expedition 41/42 Crew Enters the International Space Station for the First Time
Two hours after docking, Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineers Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Barry Wilmore of NASA were...

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Space Station Welcomes Its First Russian Woman

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A Russian Soyuz capsule on Thursday carried three new crew members to the International Space Station, including the first Russian woman to live aboard the orbital outpost.

Elena Serova is only the fourth Russian woman to fly into space, and the first since Elena Kondakova in 1997. In contrast, NASA has flown more than 40 women astronauts. Two of them have served as commanders of the space station: Peggy Whitson in 2007-2008, and Sunita Williams in 2012.

Serova and her crewmates, NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Russia's Alexander Samokutyaev, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:25 p.m. ET Thursday, which was 2:25 a.m. local time Friday. One of the Soyuz capsule's two power-producing solar arrays failed to deploy in orbit, but NASA said the crew was never in any danger.

The capsule successfully docked with the space station several minutes ahead of schedule, at 10:11 p.m. ET. "Contact and capture confirmed," Mission Control said. The solar array deployed properly after docking.

The three arriving spacefliers boost the Expedition 41 crew to its full complement of six. During their six-month tour of duty, Serova, Wilmore and Samokutyaev will help maintain the station and conduct scientific experiments.

The other three crew members are Russia's Max Suraev, NASA's Reid Wiseman and German astronaut Alexander Gerst. They've been aboard the station since May and are scheduled to head home in a different Soyuz capsule in November.

In a pre-flight NASA interview, Serova said she tried not to dwell on her place in history. "Space is what I do for work, and thats what I think about it: Its my work," she said. "But obviously for Russian women it might be a breakthrough."

The first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who flew on a Vostok craft in 1963. Svetlana Savitskaya was No. 2: She became the world's first woman spacewalker in 1984 when she was part of the repair team for the Soviet Union's Salyut 7 space station.

Kondakova spent five months aboard Russia's Mir space station in 1994-1995 a stint that made her the first woman to live in space for a long-duration mission. She also flew aboard the shuttle Atlantis for a visit to Mir in 1997.

Despite all the firsts, women have not always had an easy time in the Russian space program. In 2005, for example, the director of Russia's top space medical institute said women weren't suited to lead the way to Mars because they were "fragile and delicate creatures."

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Space Station Crew Arrives Safely Despite Soyuz Glitch

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A Russian-built Soyuz capsule carrying a crew of three reached the International Space Station late Thursday (Sept. 25), despite a stuck solar array that failed to deploy just after its launch six hours earlier.

The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft linked up with the station at 10:11 p.m. EDT (0211 GMT) as the two spacecraft sailed high over the Pacific Ocean. The Soyuz arrived at the space station with American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts including Elena Serova, the first female cosmonaut ever to visit the International Space Station.

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Russia's Soyuz vehicles are three-person spacecraft made up of a crew capsule, orbital module and service module powered by two winglike solar arrays. Initially, Russian engineers were concerned the stuck solar array would block a radiator and lead to hotter temperatures inside the Soyuz, but the capsule's crew reported all was well, NASA officials said. [See launch photos of the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft]

The Soyuz clearly had enough power for a smooth docking, despite being at half-capacity.

"The port solar array isn't deployed but the power situation is fine. It just doesn't look good from the point of view of photographs," one of the Soyuz crew said during the docking. "We're eating and drinking, and we're in good spirits. Everything is as it should be."

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The docking occurred just hours after a flawless launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where Serova and her crewmates NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore and cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev bid farewell to Earth to begin a nearly six-month space mission. Trio joined three other space travelers already aboard the station: astronaut Reid Wiseman of NASA; Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suarev, who commands the station's Expedition 41 crew.

Wiseman said he and his Expedition 41 crewmates watched a live video feed of the launch and even captured a photo of the liftoff from space, which he posted on Twitter.

"That looked like a good ride," Wiseman radioed down to NASA's Mission Control in Houston. "We look forward to seeing them in orbit, and we'll have dinner ready waiting for them."

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Launch Replays of SpaceX Falcon 9 with CRS-4 for International Space Station – Video

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Launch Replays of SpaceX Falcon 9 with CRS-4 for International Space Station
ENTIRE LAUNCH VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9uOoriSNtE Launch from multiple cameras at the pad and around Cape Canaveral of the SpaceX Falcon 9 wit...

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Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with CRS-4 for International Space Station (SpaceX) – Video

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NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9uOoriSNtE SpaceX launched their 6th Falcon 9 rocket of the year today and 13th overall at 05:52 U...

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Alien Jellyfish Video capture from International Space Station Livestream – Video

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Alien Jellyfish Video capture from International Space Station Livestream
I video #39;d a strange Blog Jellyfish Alien looking thing/object in the International Space Station. In the month after the disappearance of Malaysian Airline MH370, the Livestreamed video cameras...

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[1.7.10] Space Station Challenge Pack! – Part 5 – Mob Troubles – Video

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[1.7.10] Space Station Challenge Pack! - Part 5 - Mob Troubles
Welcome to the Space Station Challenge Pack! SSCP is a Modpack/Map combination where I #39;ve been captured by NESA (the National European Space Agency of course), to try and get to space and build...

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Minecraft: Survival Games! Ep. 322 – Space Station Suffocation – Video

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Minecraft: Survival Games! Ep. 322 - Space Station Suffocation
Welcome back to another episode of the Minecraft Survival Games! In this episode Thomas interrupts my recording and then talks about space academy! Previous Video: - http://bit.ly/1xidJEx...

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Star Citizen Sunday – EVA Interactions, Space Station Battles & Ubles More – Video

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Star Citizen Sunday - EVA Interactions, Space Station Battles Ubles More
Keep up with all the news over the past week from CIG #39;s upcoming epic space sim, Star Citizen. In this weeks episode, we hear about 0 grav #39; interactions, PvP...

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