Tag: Expedition 50
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Video: Change of command ceremony held aboard the International Space Station
Departing Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin hands over International Space Station command to NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough. Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to return to Earth on Saturday, Oct. 29. Kimbrough and his two Russian crewmates — Sergey…
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Photos: Space station crew rockets into orbit from Kazakhstan
The three newest residents of the International Space Station sped into orbit Wednesday aboard a Soyuz launcher after liftoff into an overcast sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-02 spaceship blasted off from pad 31 at Baikonur at 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT; 2:05 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday. The three-stage Soyuz booster…
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Soyuz spacecraft delivers three new residents to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft closes in on docking with the International Space Station on Friday, backdropped by the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An upgraded Soyuz ferry ship, the second in a new series featuring improved avionics, navigation and other systems, glided to a…
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Soyuz crew blasts off from Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Running nearly a month late because or difficult work to repair a damaged cable in the Soyuz MS-02/48S command…
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Live coverage: Three-man crew docks with space station
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Repaired Soyuz prepped to launch three to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko pose for a picture in their Sokol launch and entry spacesuits outside the Soyuz MS-02 spaceship. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Running nearly a month late because of work to repair a damaged cable, a Russian Soyuz…
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Russians delay next crew launch to station
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is prepared for encapsulation inside the Soyuz rocket’s nose fairing in this Sept. 15 photo. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov The next launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station fliers has been delayed indefinitely after testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan revealed an unspecified technical problem, the Russian space agency…