Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus and Tracy Dyson are also part of the crew for this mission
Oleg Novitskiy is a Roscosmos cosmonaut who will spend six months on board as an Expedition 70 flight engineer
Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS with 10 crew members, including NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson
On March 25, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and two other crew members docked at the International Space Station. The three new crew members temporarily increased the station's population to 10 people. Oleg Novitskiy is a Roscosmos cosmonaut who will spend six months on board as an Expedition 70 flight engineer, while Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus and Tracy Dyson are also part of the crew for this mission.
Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at the International Space Station
Oleg Novitskiy, Belarus guest flier Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson are new crew members on the ISS
NASA welcomes 10 new astronauts to the ISS
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Russian Soyuz brings crew of 3 to the International Space Station
Three astronauts, including NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, arrived at the International Space Station on Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.
The arrival of three new crew members temporarily increases the station's population to 10.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in that it presents the Soyuz MS-25/71S spacecraft as a new arrival to the International Space Station when it has actually been used before. The author also fails to disclose this fact and instead presents the crew members as if they are all newcomers.
The article states that Soyuz MS-25/71S is a 'new' spacecraft, but in reality it has already been used before.
Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus is also part of the crew.
The arrival of three new crew members temporarily increases the station's population to 10.
Accuracy
Three astronauts, including NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, arrived at the International Space Station on Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that a Russian Soyuz rocket took off to the International Space Station on Saturday when it was actually launched two days earlier and aborted last minute due to an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before scheduled lift-off. The launch was originally planned for Thursday but was halted by this issue. This is not mentioned in the article, which makes it seem like everything went smoothly with the launch on Saturday when that wasn't actually true. Secondly, the author claims that if the launch had gone as scheduled on Thursday, it would have been much shorter and required only two orbits to reach the space station. However, this is not accurate because a longer trip was necessary due to an issue with power source voltage drop which triggered automatic safety system abort of previous launch attempt. This information is also not mentioned in the article and makes it seem like everything went smoothly on Thursday when that wasn't actually true either.
The rocket took off to the International Space Station on Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted last minute.
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Bias
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The article contains a statement that the launch of the rocket was halted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled lift-off. This is not entirely accurate as it implies that there were no other reasons for the abort. The actual reason given in this sentence is only one possible cause and does not necessarily reflect all factors involved.
The launch was halted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled lift-off.
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There are multiple examples of conflicts of interest in this article. The author has a financial tie to Russia as they report on the launch of a Russian spacecraft from Kazakhstan. Additionally, there is an ideological bias present as the article mentions tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow's military action in Ukraine.
Russia has continued to rely on modified versions of Soviet-designed rockets for commercial satellites, as well as crews and cargo to the space station.
The author reports on a Russian spacecraft blasting off from Kazakhstan
Three astronauts, including NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, arrived at the International Space Station on Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.
Oleg Novitskiy is part of the crew.
The spacecraft docked at 11:03 a.m. EDT after a nearly two-day orbital journey from Kazakhstan, which borders China and was once a Soviet satellite state south of Russia.
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Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at the International Space Station
The arrival of three new crew members temporarily increases the station's population to 10.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docked at 11:03 a.m. EDT after a two-day orbital journey from Kazakhstan when it actually took over 50 hours for the trip to complete and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, not Kazakhstan as stated in the article.
The spacecraft took over 50 hours for the trip to complete and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, not Kazakhstan as stated in the article.
The spacecraft -- which carried NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy -- docked at 11:03 a.m. EDT after a two-day orbital journey from Kazakhstan.
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is expected to spend six months as a flight engineer before her return in September. However, this statement does not provide any evidence or reasoning for why she will be returning with two other cosmonauts who are on their first mission. Secondly, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docked at 11:03 a.m. EDT after a 50 hour trip from Kazakhstan, which is not accurate as it took nearly two days for the spacecraft to reach its destination. Thirdly, the author uses an informal fallacy by stating that Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos will have ended their year-long space missions when they return with Tracy Dyson in September. However, this statement is not accurate as it implies that these two cosmonauts are on the same mission as Tracy Dyson, which is not true.
The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson will be returning in September with Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos. However, this statement does not provide any evidence or reasoning for why she will be returning with these two cosmonauts who are on their first mission.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docked at 11:03 a.m. EDT after a 50 hour trip from Kazakhstan, which is not accurate as it took nearly two days for the spacecraft to reach its destination.
The author uses an informal fallacy by stating that Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos will have ended their year-long space missions when they return with Tracy Dyson in September. However, this statement is not accurate as it implies that these two cosmonauts are on the same mission as Tracy Dyson, which is not true.
The Soyuz MS-25 crew has joined the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus have arrived at the station.
The arrival of three new crew members temporarily increases the station's population to 10.
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Oleg Novitskiy and Marina Vasilevskaya will be aboard the station for 12 days, providing the ride home for O'Hara on Saturday, April 6.
