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Author of Russia in Space; journalist, illustrator. Clients: Popular Mechanics, Aviation Week, Air & Space Smithsonian, Aerospace America & others.
Dec 8, 2021 5 tweets 3 min read
CONTACT: #SoyuzMS20 docks at #ISS: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-20.ht… mechanical capture is confirmed...
Dec 8, 2021 11 tweets 6 min read
First view of #ISS from approaching #Soyuz MS-20 with a distance shown as around 2.38 kilometers: ...and #SoyuzMS20 from #ISS:
Dec 8, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
117.8 seconds in flight: #Soyuz rocket drops its four strap-on boosters as it climbs uphill with #SoyuzMS20 153.7 seconds in flight: Payload fairing separates from #Soyuz rocket revealing #SoyuzMS20 as it climbs to orbit.
Dec 8, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Access gantry is now retracting on launch pad revealing launch vehicle with #SoyuzMS20 spacecraft ready for liftoff in ~40 minutes: Launch personnel now reports that the pad was evacuated (less than 25 minutes before liftoff)...