On Thursday, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying two astronauts lifted off from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nick Hague, an American NASA astronaut, and Alexey Ovchinin, a Russian cosmonaut, were headed to the International Space Station. The three astronauts aboard it currently, all due to return in December, spend most of their time maintaining the station itself. Every day the International Space Station remains in operation is a tribute to human ingenuity. Every day the International Space Station remains in operation is a tribute to human ingenuityThe next few months, at any rate, won’t be quite so routine.

Source: National Post October 12, 2018 21:11 UTC