Russia Replaces ISS Crew Assigned To April Launch

Soyuz capsule
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Citing unspecified medical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos has replaced both freshman cosmonauts who had been assigned to the scheduled April 9 Soyuz MS-16 launch to the International Space Station (ISS). Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin will be replaced by backups Anatoly Ivanishin...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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