Tag: Expedition 42

  • Astronauts eager to dig in to fresh delivery of supplies, gifts

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    Astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this photo of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft — carrying 2.6 tons of supplies and research hardware — on final approach to the International Space Station on Monday. Credit: Terry Virts/NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station are eager to begin unpacking 2.6 tons of supplies and experiments — including a package of…

  • NASA ‘leaning on’ SpaceX to keep ISS supply lines open

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    A previous Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in September 2014. Credit: SpaceX The Dragon spaceship poised for launch Tuesday will carry more than 2.5 tons of equipment for the International Space Station’s six-person crew, making the first U.S. supply delivery to the orbiting research complex since the crash of an Antares cargo rocket…

  • Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space station

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    Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore shows off the 3D printed ratchet wrench on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A future where mission control can digitally dispatch tools, spare parts and other vital materials to far-flung space crews took one giant leap toward reality when a 3D printer aboard the International Space Station produced a ratchet…

  • Small satellites have another way to get into space

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    The SpinSat satellite before its release from the Cyclops deployer outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A spherical U.S. Navy spacecraft the size of a beach ball spring-ejected from a new satellite deployer outside the International Space Station last week, debuting a fresh way for low-budget space missions to reach orbit. The satellite —…

  • Thanksgiving in space

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    Six people living on the International Space Station shared an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving dinner in orbit. The half-dozen crew members, hailing from Russia, the United States and Italy, gathered for a Thanksgiving meal Thursday. European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tweeted a photo of the dinner. Thanks to @AstroTerry and #AstroButch for organizing a #Thanksgiving dinner…

  • Three-person crew docks with space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after docking Five hours and 48 minutes after a sky-lighting launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz ferry craft carrying a crew of three representing Russia, the United States and Italy, glided to a smooth docking at the International Space Station late Sunday, boosting the lab’s…

  • International crew set for launch to space station Sunday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-15M crew at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (left to right): NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Credit: NASA In clear but frigid weather, Russian engineers hauled a Soyuz rocket to the launch pad Friday, setting the…

  • Soyuz ferry craft moved to launch pad

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    Riding a specialized railroad car before dawn Friday, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of a cavernous assembly building and arrived at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for liftoff Sunday with American, Russian and Italian crew members heading for the International Space Station. The three-person crew, led by Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov,…

  • Video: Soyuz launcher ready for rollout

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    Inside the final assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is mated to the core of the Soyuz booster rocket for Sunday’s Expedition 42 launch to the International Space Station.

  • 3D printer activated aboard the International Space Station

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    A 3D printer testbed was installed on the International Space Station this week. Credit: Made in Space The dream of a self-sufficient space-faring civilization moved a step closer to reality this week as a commercial 3D printer was installed aboard the International Space Station for a tryout in orbit. Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore unpacked the…