Tag: Anatoly Ivanishin
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Soyuz brings three to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft approaches the Rassvet docking port for docking early Saturday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz spacecraft featuring a variety of avionics upgrades and other changes to improve reliability and performance docked with the International Space Station early Saturday after a two-day orbital chase,…
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Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit
A veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on the first flight of a new-generation Soyuz capsule, kicking off a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The three-person crew, led by Russian commander Anatoly Ivanishin, left Earth on a nearly four-month expedition with a thundering…
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Upgraded Soyuz crew ferry ships streaks into space
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 7:36 a.m. local time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls An upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, featuring improved navigation, communications and rendezvous systems, blasted into orbit from Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off on a two-day maiden flight to deliver three fresh…
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Soyuz MS-01 launch-to-docking timeline
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 9:36:41 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0136:41 GMT Thursday), this is the timeline for the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft through its countdown, liftoff and docking with the International Space Station. Eastern Daylight Time is GMT-4. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 12:36:41 PM…00…09…00…00…Crew wakeup 01:36:41 PM…00…08…00…00…T-minus 8…
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Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space Station
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Photos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew
A Soyuz rocket is standing on the launch pad in Kazakhstan used on Yuri Gagarin’s historic first human spaceflight in 1961, ready to send three people toward the International Space Station. Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, assisted by Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, will blast off aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spaceship…
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Upgraded Soyuz prepped to carry three to space station
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, and Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi will launch 0136 GMT Thursday (9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday). The crew poses here with the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft during final preparations before launch. Credit: GCTC A veteran cosmonaut, a former Japanese 767 airline pilot and a NASA astronaut with a…
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Launch of next space station crew moved to July
Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi, Russian Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins pause during their final Soyuz qualification exams May 27 in Star City, Russia. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll Russian managers have delayed the launch of a Russian-U.S.-Japanese crew to the International Space Station two weeks until early July to allow time for additional…
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Video: Next space station trio finishing training at Star City
Expedition 48-49 Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and flight engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with their backups, conduct final qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, on May 26 and 27. Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi are scheduled to launch…