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Topic:	Soyuz MS-16: Viewing, comments, questions

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]The crew enters the space station (NASA video): <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J5TFAuQI7U0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><BLOCKQUOTE>This thread is intended for comments and questions about the <A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum31/HTML/000568.html">Soyuz MS-16 mission</A> to the International Space Station.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Roscosmos release <blockquote>On the replacement of the crew of the Soyuz MS-16The Russian members of the main crew of the Soyuz MS-16 manned spacecraft, Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin, will be replaced by backups for medical reasons.The positions of the commander and flight engineer of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft will now be taken by the cosmonauts of Roscosmos Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. The changes will affect only the Russian part of the crew, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy continues to prepare for the flight in accordance with the established plan.The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-16 manned spacecraft and the members of the long-term expedition ISS Expedition 63 is scheduled for April 9 this year from launch pad No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.</blockquote></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Paul J. Brennan</TD><TD>Medical reasons? Odd for both cosmonauts to be removed for the same reason. I hope it's not the coronavirus or something worse. Hoping they recover soon.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Liembo</TD><TD>Allegedly a tree branch injured Tikhonov's eye on a walk. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>soviet space</TD><TD>Tikhonov the eye pierced because in Moscow in the courtyards of residential buildings there is no lighting, a branch injured the eye. Last summer, too, when I was in Moscow, I got lost and almost pierced my eye with a tree branch, there is no lighting.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Russian</TD><TD>It was always like that in Russia. Early in 19th century Mikhail Kutuzov lost his eye in a completely dark war field.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/49614819948/" TARGET=_blank>This NASA photo</A> of the new Soyuz MS-16 prime crew is a composite image of: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Cassidy in the original prime crew photo <LI>Ivanishin and Vagner in the original backup crew photo</UL></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>However, the NASA photo of the new Soyuz MS-16 <A HREF="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/49614819373/in/album-72157713159009527/" TARGET=_blank>backup crew</A> seems to be a "real" photo, not a composite. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>NASA video <BLOCKQUOTE>Watch live as three space travelers launch to the International Space Station. Astronaut Chris Cassidy of NASA and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will lift off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 4:05 a.m. EDT on a four-orbit, six-hour journey to our orbiting laboratory.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/erfXf08tuFg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

Cozmosis22

Now that's a form of "social distancing" which we all could appreciate. And to our Russian partners in space, once again Bravo for a great launch!

Robert Pearlman

The crew enters the space station (NASA video):

Robert Pearlman

NASA live video

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos will return to Earth from the International Space Station on Wed., Oct. 21, 2020.
Tune in for deorbit burn and landing coverage as their Soyuz spacecraft descends to a parachute-assisted landing, set for 10:55 p.m. EDT (0255 GMT) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

MSS

From Johnson Space Center via Twitter:

We can't wait to see you, Chris Cassidy! with a thumbs up during a refueling stop on his way back to Houston. What a trip!

Is it 38th direct return USOS (second for Cassidy)?

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