BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- 09/24/2019 -- Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 61 prime crew members Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, pose for a photograph at the conclusion of a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch Wednesday on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.
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Jessica Meir will complete her six-hour space flight Wednesday afternoon when she reaches the International Space Station, some 220 miles above the Earth.
Meir, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and Emirati astronaut Hazz Al Mansouri, blasted off aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:57 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. They will reach the International Space Station about 3:45 p.m.
Meir, a Caribou native, is the third Mainer, and first Maine woman, to slip the surly bonds of Earth.
You can read more about today’s launch here.
You can rewatch this morning’s space launch here.
You can read more about Meir here.
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