Expedition 59 Crew Members Launch to Space Station Aboard Soyuz

On Thursday, March 14, 2019, three new Expedition 59 crew members launched aboard a Soyuz to the International Space Station, where they'll live and work for the next six-and-a-half months. The Soyuz arrived safely in orbit ahead of docking with the station at 9:07 p.m. EDT. On board are NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos.