Tag: Expedition 52
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Soyuz brings Whitson home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft touches down in Kazakhstan just after sunrise Sunday with Fyodor Yurhickhin, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Wrapping up a record-setting flight, Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years of time in orbit across three missions, returned to Earth…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew capsule departs station, lands in Kazakhstan
Live coverage of the Expedition 52 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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NASA’s most experienced astronaut set for return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Peggy Whitson on-board the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years in orbit over three missions, returns to Earth Saturday after an extended 288-day stay aboard the International Space Station, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Soyuz MS-04…
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Orbital imagery shows Harvey’s path toward Texas
Videos and photos from satellites and the crew aboard the International Space Station showed Hurricane Harvey bearing down on the Texas coast this weekend. The storm made landfall Friday night near Rockport, Texas, as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but…
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NASA flight controllers shelter in place during storm
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station flight control room in Houston. Credit: NASA Flight controllers and other essential personnel at NASA’s Johnson Space Center just south of Houston are sheltering in place, maintaining contact with the International Space Station during torrential rain and flooding across south Texas…
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Russian cosmonauts complete long spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION One of the Russian spacewalkers outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday, tossed five small science and technology satellites overboard and spent the rest of the excursion servicing external experiments and carrying out routine but…
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Space station crew looks forward to eclipse
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Randy Bresnik aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The International Space Station’s crew will enjoy views of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse during three successive orbits, giving the astronauts a unique opportunity to take in the celestial show from 250 miles up as the moon’s shadow…
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Replays of new station crew’s liftoff and docking
The videos posted below include a replay of NASA TV’s coverage of the Soyuz liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and link-up with the station’s Rassvet module Friday, plus multi-angle views of the launch provided by Roscosmos. The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft lifted off at 1541:12 GMT (11:41:12 a.m. EDT; 9:41:12 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday…
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Soyuz rockets into space with three bound for station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, boosting a three-man crew into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station. The workhorse Soyuz rocket thundered to life at 11:41 a.m. EDT (GMT-4; 9:41 p.m. local time) and streaked away from the…
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Live coverage: Veteran three-man crew docks with space station
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