410,206 Views. From left: NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos. The seat is for NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, who will spend six-months on the ISS as a flight engineer and become a member of the Expedition 63/64 crew. For Rubins, this is her second stint in space, having worked aboard the ISS in 2016. Photo: NASA/Twitter The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins aboard, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). NASAâs Kate Rubins along with Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled Wednesday morning from the Russia-leased Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan for a six-month stint on the station. NASA has bought further crew seats from Russia as its public-private crew programme confronted delays, with Rubinsâ mission being the newest. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft launched from the Russia-leased Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan, and the astronauts will carry out a six-month stint on the station. This may be the last time a ⦠NASA's Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 10.45am ⦠Born October 14, 1978 in Farmington, Connecticut, Rubins was raised in Napa, California where she attended Vintage High School. NASA has been signing contracts with Russia to buy seats on Soyuz spacecraft since 2011 when the Shuttle was grounded. NASAâs Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 10:45 a.m. (1:45 a.m. EDT, 5:45 a.m. GMT) Wednesday from the Russia-leased Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan for a six-month stint on the station. The crew members travelling to the International Space Station are Kate Rubins, a NASA microbiologist who in 2016 became the first person to sequence DNA in ⦠NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will take her place in the right-hand seat inside the Soyuz crew capsule. (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP) She will be headed there aboard Russiaâs Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft along with two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey-Sverchkov. OCT. 14, 2020 / 2:27 AM / UPDATED AT 5:18 AM By Darryl Coote Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft successfully launched into orbit early Wednesday from Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov aboard with their final destination the International Space Station. This is its last currently ⦠Kate Rubins will be returning to Space today, headed to the International Space Station. NASA's Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 10:45 a.m. (1:45 a.m. EDT, 5:45 a.m. GMT) Wednesday from the Russia-leased Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan for a six-month stint on the station. NASA Facebook Yesterday NASA announced that it would be sending its astronaut Kate Rubins ⦠âWe have an incredible partnership,â Rubins stated in an interview from Russiaâs Star City earlier than her flight. Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star City, Russia, preparing with two cosmonauts for a mid-October launch and a six-month stay at the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, a microbiologist who in 2016 became the first person to sequence DNA in space, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and ⦠# russia # NASA # space. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins says she plans to vote from space in the upcoming November elections.. Rubins is currently in Star City, Russia, preparing for a ⦠(Roscosmos Space Agency via AP) The US is scheduled to start operational missions on SpaceXâs Crew Dragon capsule. On her first trip to the International Space Station, Kate Rubins became the first person to sequence DNA in space. Expedition 64 Flight Engineer and astronaut Kate Rubins poses for a crew portrait during crew training at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The candles will burn brightly for Kate Rubinsâ next birthday. ATLANTA (AP) â NASA astronaut Kate Rubins told The Associated Press on Friday that she plans to cast her next vote from space â more than 200 miles above Earth. Within a few hours sheâll blast off from this central Asian country (directly south of Russia and west of Mongolia). Fox News was live. When the PhD cancer biologist-turned-astronaut hits 42 on 14 October, she will be serenaded by the blazing engines of a Soyuz-2.1a booster as it propels Rubins and her Soyuz MS-17 crewmates Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov towards a six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Kathleen Rubins is a NASA Astronaut with a background in Biomedical engineering, set for her first spaceflight in 2016 as part of ISS Expedition 48 and 49. The flight will carry NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, as the US space agency transitions to flying people on private spacecraft. October 13, 2020. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft. On June 24, molecular biologist Kate Rubins will be strapped into a spacecraft in Kazakhstan. NASAâs Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled Wednesday morning from the Russia ⦠NASA astronaut Kate Rubins attends a ceremony to unveil a sculptural composition featuring the capsule of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 2, 2019. Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star City, Russia, preparing with two cosmonauts for a mid-October launch and a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Itâs not that simpleâand itâs definitely not the end of co-operation between the U.S. and Russia. That moment will end seven years of preparing â and 30 years of hoping. Once aboard the ISS, the new crew of three will be joining the other three crew members who have been living on [â¦] Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star City, Russia, preparing with two cosmonauts for a mid-October launch and a six-month stay at the International Space Station. A Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 14 was likely the last mission where NASA paid $90.25 million to Russia for a seat. According to NASA, their mission will last six months. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. ATLANTA â NASA astronaut Kate Rubins told The Associated Press on Friday that she plans to cast her next vote from space â more than 200 miles above Earth. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins joined Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for the lift-off at around 1:45 a.m. EDT. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins said on Friday that she plans to cast her next vote from space â more than 200 miles above Earth. Kate Rubins Photo: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. A medical researcher, Rubins is the first scientist to sequence DNA in space, according to NASA. ATLANTA (AP) â NASA astronaut Kate Rubins told The Associated Press on Friday that she plans to cast her next vote from space â more than 200 miles above Earth. Rubins, born in Connecticut and raised in â¦