Tag: Expedition 41

  • Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with station crew

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The three-man Soyuz crew is greeted by Russian recovery teams in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran cosmonaut, a German volcanologist and a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut whose mastery of social media earned him — and NASA — a global following, undocked from the International Space Station…

  • Station astronaut calls private spaceflight ‘next breakthrough’

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    NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Space station astronaut Reid Wiseman, preparing to return to Earth this weekend after 165 days in orbit, said Monday commercial spaceflight represents the “next breakthrough” in aerospace technology, and that he hopes Virgin Galactic can ultimately turn that dream into reality despite the fatal…

  • Russian supply ship poised for launch Wednesday

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    A Soyuz 2-1a rocket was rolled to the launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos Continuing a busy week of comings and goings at the International Space Station, a Russian Progress supply ship is set for liftoff Wednesday from Kazakhstan with nearly 5,200 pounds of food, fuel and supplies for the…

  • Antares rocket moved to launch pad in Virginia

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    An Antares rocket rides a self-propelled mobile transporter Friday to launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Va. Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp. Ground crews transferred an Antares rocket out of an assembly building to a launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Friday in a major step before liftoff Monday to resupply the International Space Station.…

  • SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship returns to Earth

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    The SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule descends to the Pacific Ocean on Saturday. Credit: SpaceX Wrapping up SpaceX’s fourth operational resupply flight to the International Space Station, a Dragon cargo capsule departed the high-flying research complex Saturday, dropped out of orbit and descended to a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California with…

  • Russian cosmonauts wrap up successful spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev inside his Orlan spacesuit before the start of Wednesday’s spacewalk. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst Two cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station Wednesday, jettisoning three no-longer-needed components and carrying out a photo survey of the Russian segment of the lab complex in the…

  • Station crew completes maintenance spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Alexander Gerst takes a spacewalk selfie during Tuesday’s EVA. Credit: ESA/NASA STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Working outside the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency crewmate Alexander Gerst successfully moved a failed ammonia pump module to an…