Liftoff! A New Crew Heads to the Space Statio

3月14日星期四，“联盟号”MS-12宇宙飞船从哈萨克斯坦拜科努尔航天发射场起飞，远征59号宇航员尼克·黑格(Nick Hague)、美国宇航局(NASA)的克里斯蒂娜·科赫(Christina Koch)以及俄罗斯宇航局(Roscosmos)的阿列克谢·奥夫奇宁(Alexey Ovchinin)一同升空。黑格、科赫和奥夫奇宁将在国际空间站生活和工作六个半月。

The Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft lifted off with Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, along with Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, on Thursday, March 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch and Ovchinin will spend six-and-a-half months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls