Tag: Expedition 51
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President Trump calls International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION President Trump called the International Space Station Monday for a videochat watched by thousands of school kids, congratulating commander Peggy Whitson on becoming America’s most experienced astronaut and jokingly promising to get Americans to Mars “during my first term or, at worst, during my second term.” Joined by…
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Video: OA-7 Cygnus freighter arrives at its orbital destination
The International Space Station crew reaches out with the Canadian robotic arm and grabs the free-flying Cygnus OA-7 commercial cargo ship filled with supplies, food and science gear. See earlier OA-7 Cygnus coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Cygnus freighter arrives at space station with bounty of supplies and new science
CAPE CANAVERAL — A commercial Cygnus freighter made a science-enabling delivery to the International Space Station today, bringing about 7,500 pounds of cargo to the outpost under NASA’s privatized logistics shipment program. Completing a flawless automated rendezvous before being reeled in by the Canadarm2, the ceremonially-dubbed S.S. John Glenn resupply ship was grappled at 6:05.a.m.…
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Photos: Launch day for Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer
These photos chronicle the activities of Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Jack Fischer on Thursday as they prepared for liftoff on a Soyuz rocket to begin an expedition of more than four months on the International Space Station. The two-man crew launched at 0713 GMT (3:13 a.m. EDT; 1:13 p.m. local time) from…
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Live coverage: Cygnus rendezvous and arrival journal and webcast
Live coverage of the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship arriving at the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. (Rendezvous webcast begins at 4:30 a.m. EDT / 0830 GMT)
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Live coverage: Yurchikhin, Fischer reach space station after fast-track rendezvous
Live coverage of the Expedition 51 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Two fresh crew members join space station expedition
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this picture of the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA Veteran cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and rookie flight engineer Jack Fischer streaked into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Thursday, chased down the International Space Station and…
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Soyuz crew set for Thursday launch to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA flight engineer Jack Fischer pose with their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin Just 10 days after three space station fliers returned to Earth — and two days after launch…
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Soyuz booster moved to launch pad to loft two-man crew
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled to its launch pad in Kazakhstan early Monday aboard a specially-designed rail car, three days before sending a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station. The three-stage launcher emerged from the Soyuz integration building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just before sunrise Monday for the journey to Launch…
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Whitson’s station expedition extended three months
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of astronaut Peggy Whitson inside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, have agreed to extend astronaut Peggy Whitson’s stay aboard the International Space Station by three months to enable uninterrupted research aboard the orbital laboratory during a period when…