Russia Replaces ISS Crew Assigned To April Launch

Soyuz capsule
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Citing unspecified medical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos has replaced both freshman cosmonauts who had been assigned to the scheduled April 9 Soyuz MS-16 launch to the International Space Station (ISS). Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin will be replaced by backups Anatoly Ivanishin...

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