Alpha: Second Space Station mission for ESA's Thomas Pesquet begins

Alpha: Second Space Station mission for ESA's Thomas Pesquet begins

Space Daily

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Paris (ESA) Apr 24, 2021

Today at 11:08 (CEST) the Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide docked with the International Space Station's Node-2 Harmony module, marking the start of ESA's six-month mission Alpha. The crew spent around 23 hours orbiting Earth and catching up w

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