Under usual circumstances, the departing crew would face questions from a large press pack before being waved off by family and friends. Neither were present this time round because of restrictions
Current Affairs : A three-man team went to the International Space Station on Thursday, abandoning a planet overpowered by the coronavirus pandemic, AFP announced.
Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia’s Roscosmos space office and NASA’s Chris Cassidy launched at 08:05 GMT from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 had made changes the pre-dispatch convention.
Under common conditions, the leaving group would confront inquiries from an enormous press pack before being waved off by loved ones. Nor were available this time round due to travel limitations forced over the infection, despite the fact that the team responded to messaged inquiries from columnists in a Wednesday question and answer session.
Cassidy, 50, conceded the group had been influenced by their families not being not able to be in Baikonur for their launch to the ISS. “In any case, we comprehend that the entire world is likewise affected by a similar emergency,” Cassidy said. Space travelers routinely go into isolate in front of room missions and give a last public interview at Baikonur from behind a glass divider to shield them from contamination.
Aditi Mehta 