Tag: Alexander Skvortsov
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Koch and crewmates back on Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped from the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — joined a Russian commander and an Italian flight engineer for a…
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Koch heads home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano sit inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for pre-landing checks. Credit: NASA Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — will join a Russian commander…
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Live coverage: Space station crew safely returns to Earth
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Soyuz spacecraft, humanoid robot return to Earth after 16-day test flight
The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft departs the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An unpiloted Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying a humanoid robot instead of cosmonauts, parachuted to a rare nighttime landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan Friday (U.S. time) to wrap up a test flight to the International Space Station that paved the way for…
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Live coverage: Soyuz test flight concludes with landing in Kazakhstan
Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Second time’s the charm for Soyuz docking
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station late Monday, seen here through a camera looking out of the aft docking port of the Zvezda service module. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two days after a dramatic docking abort, an unpiloted Russian Soyuz spacecraft glided in for a…
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Soyuz capsule swaps docking ports on space station, clearing way for new arrival
In this video still, the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft is seen docked at the Poisk module on the International Space Station after a manual flyaround conducted by cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Flying by hand, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov undocked his Soyuz space capsule from the International Space Station late Sunday (U.S. time)…
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Station crew to clear new port for second Soyuz docking attempt
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2330 GMT (7:30 p.m. EDT) with docking and undocking times. Expedition 60 flight engineer Luca Parmitano trains inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/GCTC Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, joined by Italian flight engineer Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, plans to relocate his…
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Soyuz docking aborted at International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft seen during approach to the space station Saturday. Credit: NASA TV Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station commanded an approaching unpiloted Soyuz spacecraft to abort its docking Saturday after the ship’s automated rendezvous system ran into trouble, leaving ground teams assessing what went wrong and whether to attempt another…
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Photos: Soyuz crew blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome
A three-man crew from Russia, the United States and Italy climbed inside a Soyuz spacecraft and rocketed into orbit Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on course for the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur at 1628:20 GMT (12:28:20 p.m. EDT) Saturday with veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov in…