Tag: Expedition 50
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NASA previews trio of ISS space walks
Watch NASA’s news conference to preview three spacewalks outside the International Space Station planned for late March and early April to prepare for the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft and upgrade station hardware. Participants in the briefing are: Kenneth Todd, ISS Operations Integration Manager Emily Nelson, NASA Flight Director Sarah Korona, U.S. EVA…
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Astronauts gear up for spacewalks, resupply launch delayed
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Shane Kimbrough is seen outside the International Space Station during a Jan. 6 spacewalk. Credit: NASA NASA is gearing up for an intense few weeks of work aboard the International Space Station, staging three spacewalks, moving a docking port from one module to another to support commercial…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft returns to Earth
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX’s Dragon supply carrier wraps up 10th mission to space station
Updated at 1:40 p.m. EDT (1740 GMT) with image and splashdown time. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule descends under parachutes toward the Pacific Ocean early Sunday. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft ended a four-week mission Sunday with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, returning from the International Space Station with more than 3,600 pounds of…
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Russian freighter links up with International Space Station
The Progress MS-05 supply ship is seen on final approach to the space station Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The International Space Station received its second cargo shipment in less than 24 hours Friday with the automated linkup of a Russian Progress refueling and resupply freighter. The Progress MS-05 spaceship closed in to dock…
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Soyuz blasts off on Russian resupply run to International Space Station
A Soyuz-U rocket took off Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Soyuz booster blasted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with nearly 6,000 pounds of fuel, water and supplies for the International Space Station. The launch occurred just…
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SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day
File photo of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system. The gumdrop-shaped, solar-powered spacecraft was…
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Soyuz booster rolls out for launch with space station supply freighter
A Soyuz rocket and Progress supply ship packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, provisions and fuel for the International Space Station rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday. The Progress MS-05 cargo freighter is set for liftoff Wednesday at 0558:33 GMT (12:58:33 a.m. EST; 11:58:33 a.m. Baikonur…
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Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX
Credit: SpaceX SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon. A kerosene-fueled 213-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9…
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Final experiments added to SpaceX spaceship for station resupply flight
A view of the access room temporarily attached to SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule at launch pad 39A Friday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Engineers clad in clean suits finished stowing last-minute cargo into SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship Friday, including 40 mice and bacterial research specimens, a day before it is scheduled to blast off to the…