Tag: Expedition 49

  • Upgraded Soyuz crew ferry ships streaks into space

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    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…

  • Soyuz MS-01 launch-to-docking timeline

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    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…

  • Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space Station

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 48 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Photos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew

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    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…

  • Upgraded Soyuz prepped to carry three to space station

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    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…

  • Launch of next space station crew moved to July

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    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…