NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts will launch to the space station during a pandemic
(CNN)Two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy are expected to launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday morning at 4:05 a.m. ET. “The health and welfare of the crew is always paramount,” said Courtney Beasley, communications specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. “All of our crew must stay in quarantine for two weeks before they launch. This ensures that they aren’t sick or incubating an illness when they get to the space station, and is called ‘health…
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