Multi-National Crew to Launch to Space Station Aboard First Soyuz-MS Spacecraft

Commanded by veteran cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin (center), the Soyuz MS-01 crew is rounded out by “rookie” spacefarers Kate Rubins (left) of NASA and Takuya Onishi (right) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Photo Credit: NASA

A retired Russian Air Force fighter pilot, a former Boeing 767 copilot and a civilian microbiologist who describes [...]