Tag: Expedition 55
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…
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Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT) after hatch opening. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian commander and two NASA astronauts caught up with the International Space Station…
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Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crew
Three veteran space fliers rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to the International Space Station for a five-month stay. Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev, flanked by NASA flight engineer Drew Feustel and astronaut Ricky Arnold, were aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spaceship for liftoff at 1744 GMT (1:44 p.m.…
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Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off and shot into orbit Wednesday, carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts, all veteran space fliers, on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. With Soyuz MS-08/54S commander Oleg Artemyev at the controls in the spacecraft’s center…
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Soyuz crew set for Wednesday launch on station flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev and Ricky Arnold (left to right), all spaceflight veterans, are set for launch Wednesday on a five-month expedition to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Engineers readied a Russian Soyuz rocket for launch Wednesday to ferry a veteran cosmonaut and two NASA shuttle…
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Photos: Soyuz booster rolls out for launch of space station crew
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before its scheduled departure with three passengers on the way to the International Space Station. The three-stage rocket emerged from its assembly building at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome before sunrise Monday, riding a rail car for the trip across…
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Soyuz with three-man crew docks with space station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian commander, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese physician-astronaut docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, capping a smooth two-day rendezvous to boost the lab’s crew back to six. With Soyuz MS-07 commander Anton Shkaplerov monitoring the final stages of an automated approach, the nose of the ferry…
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Soyuz blasts off on two-day flight to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky While a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Sunday, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from frigid Kazakhstan, boosting a fresh three-man crew into orbit for a two-day flight to the lab complex. Under a clear but cold sky…
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Live coverage: Fresh crew docks at space station
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NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missions
Astronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Joe Acaba (right) aboard the space shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Credit: NASA NASA has announced that veteran astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold will launch on nearly six-month expeditions aboard the International Space Station starting in September and in March 2018, filling seats aboard Russian Soyuz spaceships recently acquired…