Tag: Chris Cassidy

  • Soyuz brings three space station fliers back to Earth

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The descent module of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now One week after two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut arrived at the International Space Station, the three crew members they’re replacing strapped into their own Soyuz spacecraft, undocked and returned…

  • Space station crew preps for re-entry, landing

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, and flight engineer Ivan Vagner are scheduled to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos One week after two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut arrived at the International Space Station for a six-month stay, the three…

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 63 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Search continues for small air leak on space station

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    File photo of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module. Credit: Roscosmos Crew members on the International Space Station over the weekend continued trying to pinpoint the location of a small air leak in the research outpost’s Russian Zvezda service module, one of the oldest sections of the orbiting laboratory. As of Monday, the station…

  • Cygnus supply ship reaches space station with titanium toilet

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    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship is grappled by the Canadian-built robotic arm at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering nearly four tons of supplies and experiments to the research lab and its crew, including a $23…

  • Hurricane Laura observed from International Space Station

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    NASA commander Chris Cassidy shared views of Hurricane Laura captured Thursday as the International Space Station soared more than 250 miles over the dangerous storm while it churned across the Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana. Cassidy, the lone NASA astronaut on the station, tweeted the pictures Thursday as Hurricane Laura reached Category 4 strength on…

  • Engineers troubleshooting small space station air leak

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin inside the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module earlier this year. Credit: NASA Engineers are troubleshooting a small air leak aboard the International Space Station that was discovered last September, NASA reported Thursday. While it poses no safety threat, the lab’s…

  • Last in current line of Japan’s HTV cargo ships departs space station

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    Japan’s ninth HTV supply ship backs away from the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The last of Japan’s first series of HTV supply ships departed the International Space Station on Tuesday with several tons of trash, old batteries, and unneeded equipment, heading for a destructive re-entry before the debut of an upgraded…

  • Spacewalkers prep space station for future upgrades

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed a 5-hour, 29-minute spacewalk today to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades.READ MORE: https://t.co/2F2xvbK3GT pic.twitter.com/Db4VnRiXYa — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) July 21, 2020 Space station commander Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken floated back outside Tuesday for their fourth spacewalk in…

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed a 5-hour, 29-minute spacewalk today to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades.READ MORE: https://t.co/2F2xvbK3GT pic.twitter.com/Db4VnRiXYa — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) July 21, 2020 Space station commander Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken floated back outside Tuesday for their fourth spacewalk in…