Tag: Drew Feustel
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Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exterior
The International Space Station viewed Oct. 4 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos A three-man crew that departed the International Space Station on Oct. 4 flew their Soyuz spaceship into position to take spectacular photos of the orbiting research complex as officials prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first element’s launch.…
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Soyuz brings three station fliers back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts undocked from the International Space Station early Thursday, flew a lap around the 20-year-old outpost for a photo survey and then plunged back…
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Live coverage: Two Americans, one Russian back on Earth from space station
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Soyuz set to depart station bringing crew of three back to Earth
Members of the Expedition 56 crew gather for a meal of “cosmic sushi” earlier this week. From left to right: Drew Feustel, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev, Oleg Artemyev, Ricky Arnold and Alexander Gerst. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos A cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts finished packing up their Soyuz ferry ship Wednesday and prepared to undock from…
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Japanese cargo ship reaches space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The HTV-7 supply ship in the grasp of the space station’s robotic arm Thursday. Credit: NASA TV A Japanese cargo ship loaded with more than 10,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, including a new set of solar array batteries, was captured by the International Space Station’s robot arm…
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Station commander flatly denies any crew involvement in Soyuz leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, commander of the space station’s Expedition 56 crew, works with an experiment in this image from July. Credit: NASA The head of the Russian space agency caused a stir last week when he said a hole drilled through the side of a Soyuz ferry ship docked…
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Space junk clean-up demonstrator deployed from space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT). The RemoveDebris satellite deployed from the International Space Station on June 20. Credit: NASA/NanoRacks/Ricky Arnold A small satellite assembled in Britain has been released from the International Space Station, commencing a standalone mission to test technology and techniques that could be used to capture and de-orbit…
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Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took this photo of astronaut Drew Feustel on Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday and installed two new cameras on the front of the lab complex that will provide views of commercial crew ships during final approach and docking. The spacewalkers also replaced a…
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Astronauts reposition space station cooling pumps on successful spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts work outside the International Space Station on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two astronauts worked outside the International Space Station Wednesday to reposition two spare solar array ammonia coolant pump assemblies, putting a failed…
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…