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‘For the Benefit of All’: Victor J. Glover and Space
This motto has extended to the implementation of diversity and inclusion.
The motto of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is “For the Benefit of All.” This motto has extended to the implementation of diversity and inclusion. From its inception, African Americans played prominent roles in the space program. Many of these figures’ contributions were hidden from the public eye. Some of the most prominent figures included Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson whose stories were recently dramatized in the film
Soyuz MS-18 reaches International Space Station after 2 orbits
Derek Richardson
April 9th, 2021
Soyuz MS-18 launches from Kazakhstan on a two-orbit trek to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut took the express lane to the International Space Station, reaching the outpost in their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft less than four hours after launch.
Aboard were cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei. Liftoff atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan took place at 3:42 a.m. EDT (7:42 UTC) April 9, 2021. After just two orbits, or 3.5 hours, Soyuz MS-18 docked with the Rassvet module.